An astounding 80% of women in the US have Body Image Issues. These issues range from stress around getting dressed in the Mirror Mirror: Healing Body Issues from the Inside Out Dr. Dori Gattermorning to severe medical disorders. Our nation’s most popular Doll, Barbie, has unobtainable and unhealthy body proportions; if she were alive her waist would be smaller than patient’s with anorexia nervosa. Research has shown that very young girls age 5-7 who have been exposed to Barbie have lower body esteem and want a thinner body than they have. (Dittmer, Halliwell, Ive, 2006) More than half of the girls 18-25 would rather be hit by a truck than be overweight. (Courtney Martin, 2007)
These statistics are staggering.
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Mirror Mirror: Healing Body Issues from the Inside Out