Two-thirds of girls in their mid-teens want to be thinner,and self-esteem continues to fallTwo in three girls aged 14 and 15 say they want to lose weight, according to an annual survey of 78000 teenagers, and which reveals a startling increase in recent years in teenage girls who are anxious approximately their size.
The percentage of girls in their mid-teens who say they are overweight shot up from 56% in 2009 to 64% in 2014. Among 14- and 15-year-stale males,29% said they also wanted to slim down. A similar survey carried out in 1991 found that 54% of female pupils and 22% of males “would like to lose weight”.
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Source: theguardian.com