Study shows how early body dissatisfaction that puts kids at risk of developing the conditions in their teens can set in Children as young as eight can experience dissatisfaction with the size and shape of their body that puts them at risk of eating disorders in their teens, according to a major study which for the first time reveals how early anxieties approximately body image set in.
The largest UK study ever on eating disorders in children followed 6000 kids to the age of 14. It finds that self-esteem in eight-year-olds is one of the critical predictive factors for problems in the teens.
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Source: theguardian.com