Mesomorphs with medium builds are preferred in both boys and girls. Girls are also concerned about the shape of their legs, breasts, waist and about their eyes. Boys worry about height, shoulders, profile, and neck. Boys and girls are equally concerned about hair texture, noses, and mouths and are less concerned about ankles, ears, hair color, and arms. Those who are devote may become self-conscious.
Adolescents also worry about their weight.
Obesity is not caused necessarily by overeating but buy eating high-calorie foods and by underactivity. More calories are ingested than burned up. The most successful approach to treating obesity is a multifaceted one that considers it a multicausal problem. Underweight adolescents need to conserve energy and to increase their consumption of fattening foods. Anorexia is found primarily in teenage girls and usually appears at puberty.