some reason teens go on diet

Most often than not, we blame celebrity culture for teaching young girls that thin is beautiful. This mind-set, pushed millions to go on diet, starve themselves and ultimately develop eating disorders. A new study cited by PhysOrg comes to show that this is not necessarily the case since weight control behavior is related to peers and not someone on the outside.

The findings of the study show that not all teen girls equate thin with beautiful for the simple reason that those around them are more on the heavy side. This way, being overweight becomes acceptable, just like being underweight is acceptable in schools with a larger number of girls who are on inappropriate diets. In the end, whether a teen girl wants to lose, gain or maintain the same weight seems to be mostly dependent on how her mates look like.

The lead Anna Mueller, at the University of Texas at Austin said that their study showed that girls were more aware of what others like them were doing. Underweight girls were not likely to be trying to lose weight, unless they were in schools where underweight girls regularly reported trying to lose weight. The behavior of the teen girls is more likely influenced by the behaviors of their peers, whether they be perceived or real. From it; becomes clear that schools can play an important role in educating girls towards having a healthy body image. By sending out, the right message about dieting and weight loss, schools can change girls’ perception on how they should approach the matter.

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