♕ ll camp epic assignment one ll ♕ ━━ ━━ ━━ t o p i c :: body image ━━ ━━ ━━ bod·y im·age noun the subjective picture or mental image of one's own body. ━━ ━━ ━━ Girls and women with negative thoughts and feelings about their bodies are more likely to develop certain mental health conditions, such as eating disorders and depression. Researchers think that dissatisfaction with their bodies may be part of the reason more women than men have depression. A negative body image may also lead to low self-esteem, which can affect many areas of your life. You may not want to be around other people or may obsess constantly about what you eat or how much you exercise. In the United States, girls and women hear and see messages about how they look from the first moments they are alive, throughout much of their childhood, and into adulthood. Young girls and teens are more likely to be praised for how they look than for their thoughts or actions. The media focuses on showing women who are thin, attractive, and young. Images of these women are often edited using computer technology. As a result, girls and young women often try to reach beauty and body ideals that do not exist in the real world. ━━ ━━ ━━ 80% of women say that women in magazines, tv shows and movies make them feel insecure. 42% of girls in 3rd grade and up (stopping at 12th) want to be skinny 50% of teenagers think they need to go on a diet when only less than 2% actually need to. ━━ ━━ ━━ <3 josie
