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Children are exposed to more commercials for junk food and more 'super-thin' images and characters. They are being encouraged to eat high fat food and be thin - both at the same time!
Glossy magazines
still utilize abnormally thin fashion models
The message is clear: "thin is beautiful".
Lack of parental
control, guidance and example
When Mom and Dad are fat and/or constantly dieting or using
laxatives, diet pills and so on, it's difficult for teens to
avoid copying their parents bad eating and dieting habits.
Affluence and
family fragmentation
More Moms and Dads are working. More kids eat and/or watch
TV in their own rooms. More kids go away to college. These
factors only serve to diminish parental control over their kids
eating habits. They may even weaken relationships between parent
and child and may indirectly lead to increased psychological
stress which is an important underlying cause of eating
disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge
eating.
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