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Teen magazines push unrealistic images on young girls
Open any teen magazine and you'll see models with lustrous hair, shiny lips, and gleaming, slender limbs. And for every girl in the magazine, there are thousands of girls in real life, reading and absorbing the messages found inside. "I just remember we'd be getting ready for dances in middle school, and we'd be like 'What bra is sexier? Which jeans make my butt look better,'" said Maranda Barry ...
Teen takes on Seventeen, says magazine contributes to body image issues
According to thousands of young girls, Seventeen magazine isn't helping the teens it targets.
Critic's Notebook: TV's focus on childhood obesity hits home
Take it from someone who knows: The struggle with childhood obesity, illustrated vividly on television, is a battle of both the mind and the mouth for an overweight kid. I was a pioneer of childhood obesity.
'American Idol' finals: Jessica Sanchez versus Phillip Phillips
So it's come down to this.
Tyra Banks Too Fat? Supermodel Says She Was Too 'Curvy' For Modeling
Is Tyra Banks too fat? The supermodel says that she was considered too "curvy" for modeling during her early twenties and that the industry needs to be reformed to help girls avoid self-esteem issues and eating disorders.
Anti-obesity program doesn't help teen girls: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An intensive obesity-prevention program for Australian girls didn't lead to any improvements in their diet, physical activity or body weight a year later, according to a new report. Findings from the school-based intervention, which involved exercise sessions and nutrition workshops for lower-income girls, are the latest disappointment in a slew of research attempting ...
'Newlyweds': A Big, Fat Cross-Cultural Marriage
In Nell Freudenberger's new novel, a young Bangladeshi woman marries an American man she meets online and struggles to adjust to life in Rochester, N.Y.
'My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding': Woman Brushes Her Teeth With Household Bleach (VIDEO)
On " My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding " (Sun., 10 p.m. ET on TLC) viewers were introduced to two of the most important things in a romany gyspy woman's life: looking good and keeping a clean house.
1 in 4 teens facing diabetes
The proportion of U.S. adolescents with diabetes or borderline diabetes has jumped dramatically since the late 1990s, raising the possibility that this generation of young people may face high rates of heart disease and other complications as adults.
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. teens facing diabetes
The proportion of U.S. adolescents with diabetes or borderline diabetes has jumped dramatically since the late 1990s, raising the possibility that this generation of young people may face high rates of heart disease and other complications as adults.
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