1. Advertisementing For America
... of Girl Scouts showed that one third of the 234 girls (ages 10 to 11) were dieting. This survey also showed that over one quarter of the girls agreed that pictures of thin girls and women make them wish that they were thin too (you.com). Time magazine found that 80% of all children had dieted by the time they had ... reached fourth grade (Moore). Another study of young girls showed that "forty-seven percent the girls were influenced by magazine pictures to want to lose weight, but only 29% of the girls were actually overweight." and that "Girls who were already dissatisfied with their b...
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