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Preferred term
body image in girls and young women
Definition
- Mass media such as television and magazines are replete with messages about gender, attractiveness, ideal body shapes and sizes, and weight management. Girls and young women are exhorted to make the attainment of beauty their principal project in life. [Source: Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media; Body Image in Girls and Young Women]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/body_image_in_girls_and_young_women
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