- The average American woman wears a size 10 or larger (not a 2 or 3, like your average model).
- Twenty years ago, the average model weighed 8% less than the average woman; today, models weigh 23% less.
- 400-600 advertisements bombard us everyday in magazines, on billboards, on TV, adn in newspapers. One in eleven has a direct message about beauty...and that's not even counting the indirect messages.
- 60% of high school girls with eating disorders or related symptoms do not believe they need counseling.
- Eighty percent of 10-year-old American girls diet.
- Between 1996 and 1998, teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled, from 13,699 to 24,623.
(Source: American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
- One million teenage boys have eating disorders, and as many as 400,000 are steroid users.
- Steroid use can cause acne, lower a guy's sperm count and make the testicles smaller.
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