The recovery was slow, but I bounced back. The pudgy little 5 foot 4 girl that weighed 90 pounds. Those are the questions we will attempt to answer here. Society has long idolized the perfect body. For a woman, she is around 5 foot 7 inches tall.
Fashion magazines aimed at teens feature beautiful models.
It is rare to find an overweight model. It is rare to find any model that is out of these normal standards. Through these magazines and media in general, this image becomes what the perfect teen should look like. Preteens and teens are self-conscious about their changing bodies to begin with. Add on this image that they attempt to duplicate and one can imagine how quickly anorexia or bulimia can become a reality.