Alison Field
Alison Field
body both boys girls images influenced message muscular thin
The take-home message here is that we really need to think about body-image dissatisfaction in boys as well as girls, ... Both are influenced by the images they see in the media, which can be unrealistically thin for girls and unrealistically muscular for boys.
becoming children elevated higher kids known normal obese overweight range risk
We have known that kids who are overweight or obese have a higher risk for being overweight or obese as adults. But in this paper, we show that even children in the high normal weight range have an elevated risk of becoming overweight or obese as adults.
asked effort females questions
One of the questions we asked them is how much effort they were making to look like females they see in the media,
control found predictor starting strong
We found that to be a very strong predictor of starting to use vomiting or laxatives to control weight.
african hispanic
We need to look at the same thing in African American and Hispanic populations.
comparing help image parents teens themselves understand
Parents have to help teens understand that they're comparing themselves to an image that isn't real.