1. body image and the media
... the last twenty years16,17. This shift toward a thinner ideal was first documented by Garner and associates (1980) where they found a significant decrease in the body measurements and weights of Playboy centrefolds and Miss America Pageant contestants from 1959 to 1978. This decrease was combined with a significant increase in the number of diet articles in popular women's magazines over the same ... ...
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