45 views and no replies. That is amazing that people are willing to overlook this obvious proplem.*smh* Maybe it is because this issue has already talked about but I haven't been online for awhile.

Anyway, I have been struggling with my weight since I was a little girl. I am 22 now and still overweight. When I was little I was really self conscious about my weight and I still am. It's crazy the way the media gives us an unrealistic view of beauty. It is not just weight though, having the perfect face, hair, clothes, etc.....

I have a little sister who is 8 and she has been telling me since she was 6 that she is fat and she wants to look like the girls she sees on tv. I asked her why she thought she was fat and she pointed at her stomach. She was also under weight for her age and her doctor said she actually needed to gain weight. I feel the older she gets the more this problem is going to get worse. She is right now about 55 to 60 lbs. She is at the ideal weight for an 8 year old girl. She still says to me she is fat and i tell her she's not fat. I tried to explain to her that the women she sees on tv and in magazines are very much older and when they were young their bodies looked very similar to hers. She also knows about photoshop and that most pictures she sees on tv and in magazines have been altered.
I am scared for girls today and the image of beauty they have shoved in their faces everyday.

My opinion is that as long as the person is comfortable with thier own weight and size then you should be happy, keping in mind you should be in good health and be avtive.

When you start judging others by their shape of there body type it is totally wrong in some what racism by  many standards, i will not judge a other human long as they treat others with big respect a specially womens that are

a much difference size. We shouldn,t judge others because,s their are a much difference size and true beauty is embeded deep in the heart of that person know matter what there skin color or shape of there  body.

Some women suffer with a self-esteem issue that start as a small girl till a full grown mature adult; most want to

be skinny like models in pictures, but they is one down turn every one has a difference body size that we are born with till  the day we dead, we must learn to love are very self know matter what size God put us on this earth to be in life.

I belive that anorexia is like wanting too much of your body and do believe that anorexia is'nt healthy and a good way of living

It makes me very upset how "important" being skinny is. My nieces are already very self conscious about their weight and they are still in elementary school. I try very hard to encourage them to be healthy and not focus on that number too much. They are already feeling a lot of pressure in their young lives which makes me sad.

I had an eating disorder when I was in high school. My doctor now is suggesting I work on dieting and try to lose a little weight for health reasons. I have made some healthy changes in my diet and I am trying to exercise more. However I constantly have to be careful that I don't allow myself to become obsessed with it and fall back into some of my old habits.

Healthy eating and exercise really is very important. We as adults have to make sure to properly encourage kids, especially young girls, so they don't develop an eating disorder.