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Anorexia

Study: Girls who read diet articles are more likely to develop eating disorders, written by: Carla K. Johnson, from the Duluth News Tribune. A recent study showed that teen girls who read about dieting and being over weight later were more likely to have disorders. The girls that read these articles are not exactly over weight or even at risk but still seeing the article makes the teenagers think they need to worry about their weight. Guys that read the articles don't seem to have the effect of the weight watching as the magazine articles have on the girls. Girls do things like vomiting, fasting, or over exercising their bodies to look rail thin when it is unhealthy and un necessary. I chose this article because I know a lot

of people (girls) who do smoke and take diet pills when they are already skinnier then I am it is sad that they feel they aren't skinny or pretty enough.

I think if your skinny or plump you should be comfortable with your body. No one is perfect. If you are over weight then you might be concerned for your health, not for you image. Everyone likes food and everyone eats it. Some just have fast metabolism and some exercise like none other. Then, there are the girls who take

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