A child's body image is influenced by how people around her react to her body and how she looks.
Many children watch between two and four hours of television per day.
The presence or absence of role models, how women and girls are presented, and what activities they participate in on the screen affect how girls view their role in the world. Studies looking at cartoons, regular television, and commercials show that although changes have occurred, women and girls are still presented in traditional gender stereotyped roles. In another study, three weeks of Saturday morning toy commercials were analyzed. International Journal of Eating Disorders , vol. Time, January 16,1995, p. 58.