Many of you may not know this, but recently on May 6 the world celebrated International No Diet Day and quite frankly, if it were up to me, every day should be a no-diet day. The fashion and beauty industry’s obsession with body image have resulted in more and more women treating themselves in the cruelest ways with destructive negative body image thoughts. A disturbing number of women confess to having up to 100 condemning thoughts about their bodies every day.
Thoughts like, “You’re too fat!” “Don’t eat that cupcake! You’re on a diet!” and “I can’t be seen in a swimsuit!” aren’t reserved for the clinically overweight women, either.
According to statistics in the film Miss Representation, an important documentary on the impact of media on women and their body image:
- 53 percent of 13-year-old girls are dissatisfied with their bodies.
- By age 17, that number increases to 78 percent.
- About two-thirds of women and girls have an eating disorder.See more
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