The Statistical Numbers Behind Beauty
Body image is unfortunately a big issue in our culture. Many women do not realize that they are completely different to the typical american model. Teen age girls are starting as early as 8 years of age. There is a 42% of girls that want to be thinner once they hit the age of 8. This means that the 42% is from the population of 8 year old girls. This takes us to a 81% of 10 year old girls that are afraid to be fat. Which means that there is a higher issue once a girl is hitting their preadolescence years they do not realize that they don't start developing even more at the age of 12. Girls start to worry about their appearance at an early age and they get hurt not just physically but mentally as well. According to the Body Image Statistics most of the fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women. When the typical American women is 5"4 tall and weighs 140 when the typical American model is actually 5"11 tall and weights 117. This means over all that weight and height are different for everybody.
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