Dieting And Girls.

Dieting, especially in the extreme, can be harmful to girls who are still developing. Restrictive diets deprive girls of the wide variety of nutrients their bodies need to grow properly. Girls can also run the risk of developing eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia. Perhaps most alarming is the way that cosmetic surgery, such as liposuction, is offered as a “quick fix” alternative to dieting. It is unfortunate that many girls are willing, even eager, to have their normal, healthy bodies altered surgically in order to fit our culture’s rigid standards of beauty
The concept of “normal” has become so skewed that it is difficult for most girls, and often for the rest of us, to see things in their proper perspective. Healthy bodies come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. However, we have been conditioned to accept only a very narrow definition of attractive and to consider abnormal almost everything that does not meet those impossible standards. How can we help our daughters to resist society’s attempts to define them by their appearance

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