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Games & Challenges	Song Title Game:)	Jan 07 2007 04:48 (UTC)	3,647
Think of Meryl Streep - FAME
The Lounge	Reading about dieting promotes unhealthy diets!	Jan 05 2007 21:57 (UTC)
As a health-conscious young woman whose age still includes the word "teen," I feel I can offer a first hand look at this issue. I do think the statement is a bit misleading and Saroful has the right idea; it can be inferred that teens with eating disorders are three times more likely to be caught reading articles about weight loss and dieting, than their eating disorder free peers. I would not call myself "fat," but I am generally unhappy with the way clothes fit on my body, the way my face is beginning to look in pictures (that area around one's smile gets more and more round...), that the definition around my collar bones has lessened dramatically, etc. so I have become an active member of this site. I don't know if my caring about these issues is a direct result of the society in which I was brought up. I grew up with extremely supportive parents who reinforced the importance of a positive body image and who praised my appearance regularly. I was generally the tall skinny girl in school, so maybe my need to lose weight now is a result of not feeling like I'm living up to the standard I set for myself. I feel personally motivated to look better in an effort to feel better about myself in general. It may be the ballet training or my need to be the best that sometimes surfaces, but I feel the need to get in control of my eating habits for my own reasons and not to please society. I sort of rambled a bit, but I hope that offers another perspective. Intrinsic motivation exists, too. :D

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