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Weight Worries May Start Early for Slim
Women
There is a range of reasons why thin women
think they're too heavy, but the distorted body image may often have its roots
in childhood, many results of a new study suggests.
Researchers
found that among more than 2,400 thin women they surveyed, nearly 10 percent
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According to the study authors, led by Dr. Susanne Kruger
Kjaer of the Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, society's "ideal" female body is
moving toward an underweight physique. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}}
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To investigate body image among thin women, the
researchers gave questionnaires to 2,443 women aged 27 to 38 whose body mass
index was at the low end of normal. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}}
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Overall, almost 10 percent of the women thought they were
too heavy. Those who reported certain "severe life events" in childhood or
adolescence, such as having a parent become ill or having their educational
hopes dashed, were more likely than others to have a distorted body image.
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In contrast,
traumatic events in adulthood, such as serious illness or significant marital
problems, were not related to poor body image, the researchers report. {{U}}
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A.The same was true of women
who started having sex or drinking alcohol when they were younger than 15 years
old.
B.Experiences in childhood, including having an ill
parent, or starting to drink or have sex at a particularly young age, were among
the risk factors for having a distorted body image.
C."Our
results indicate that the risk of being dissatisfied with (one's) own body
weight may be established early in life," Kjaer and her colleagues
write.
D.Research suggests that many normal-weight women wish
to weigh less.
E.If worries have altered your appetite or
weight, it will help to talk to someone about it.
F.The women
were asked about factors ranging from childhood experiences to current exercise
habits.