Dittrich, Liz, Ph.D. "About-Face facts on the MEDIA ." About Face. 17 Jan. 2007 http://www.about-face.org/r/facts/media.shtml.
The fact that 90% of all girls ages 3-11 have a barbie doll doesn't surprise me. I don't know a girl who never played with Barbies. Barbie serves as an early role model who's figure is impossible to attain. This made me think that something as harmless as playing with barbies can effect a child's idea of body image, even if they aren't old enough to realize it at the time.
The website also mentioned that in recent years, teen, women, and nutrition magazines all focused on loosing weight and getting a good figure.
I wonder that if this type of media, magazines, didn't dedicate pages to "weight loss solutions" then maybe the reader wouldn't be as concerned about weight loss.
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