Teenagers and body image issues 90 Articles

by Miss Tara

Often times the negative body image that teenagers have developed actually began as pre-teens. You know the stage of awkwardness between 9 and 13 years. The one that makes the shoulders look like they are sitting on the ...read more

by Lisa Hunt Warren

Having body image issues is painful for even the most mature among us. For teens, the insecurity and pain can be far more serious. A negative body image doesn't stop at causing a teen to feel insecure. This problem can ...read more

by Shawna Sutherland

Advertisers are projecting a false image of women. For years they have been displaying an ideal which is impossible to attain and not even realistic to aspire to. For a majority of young women this image is constantly disp...read more

by Lori Salsgiver

Billboards everywhere encourage young women to be thin and pretty. Magazines we read display the latest fashion trends and how to apply your makeup correctly. TV ads promote sex and the desired image. Men are pushed to ...read more

by Angie Lewis

The Skinny On Teenage Body Image Many young women and teenagers are placing great value on looking like the latest Cover Girl model, and placing little or no value on spiritual health. I agree, it is important to fe...read more

by Rhonda M.

Teens both male and female often suffer from body image issues. It is hard to ignore how not so perfect you are when all your favorite TV shows, movies, and even the magazines you read protray being beautiful as super thin...read more

by Wispen Lee

If Goldilocks were a teenager now a days, you could just imagine her looking at a magazine and going "Too large", "Too short" and "Just right!" in response to the glossy pictures of female celebrities. "Just right" has bec...read more

by Sheila Watson

After a school clothes shopping trip, my sweet girl is crushed beyond her ability to cope. Why? There is but one reason, the size of her jeans! She was a thin child, very active, pleasant and outgoing. As she approach...read more

by Addy Coade

Beauty is the Beast (a protest/speech/article) In the Western World, fashion is reaching epidemic levels. It is spreading through our countries with gathering strength, constantly adding to the ranks of the un-indivi...read more

by Sarah Harris

When I was a teenager I was obsessed with celebrity culture. I would bring home any fashion magazine or tabloid I could get my hands on and pore over the pictures I saw in between the covers. Around the time I was sevent...read more

by Heidi Marie Fleetfoot

Teenagers are at a stage in their lives when their emotions are at the mercy of their hormones. They are susceptible to highs and lows that can affect their decisions about how they feel about the way that they look. Gr...read more

by Kathryn Inglis

The number of teenagers with eating disorders (ED) in the UK alone is rising dramatically. It is a common misconception that girls alone are sufferers, boys too suffer from the pressure on young people to conform to the i...read more

by Sarah Rowlands

As a teenager myself, it is incredibly easy to see why teenagers, particularly girls, have such a high number of body issues. In a society where looks, fashion and having the overall correct appearance is vital, it is not ...read more

by Chloe De Salis

What about us naturally skinny minnies? Nowadays I can't pick up a paper without seeing an article about weight issues. Whether it's a trashy report on flabby celeb thighs' or a harrowing story about the death of a tiny...read more

by Maxwell Payne

All adolescents are susceptible to the psychological phenomenon known as 'the imaginary audience'. What this means is that most teenagers are extremely concerned with what others think of them because at this stage they re...read more

by Trayzee Deitz

I have been doing a lot of research on the teenage mind. By research I don't mean the kind,where you open a book to view upon others opinions. I mean the kinda where you stop, look, and listen. The kind no other than my ow...read more

by C.E.Uy

Turn on the TV and you see celebrities. Thin, beautiful, sculpted actresses. Toned, handsome, chiseled actors. Open a magazine and they're still there. Go to the movies, and they're jumping out of the screen at you. Dozens...read more

by Shannen Allen

Puberty is the worst and best time of your life, you go through unexpected emotional and physical changes, but its when you really start to notice the opposite sex aren't an alien race, that your big problems start. I bein...read more

by Yohanna Farrell

With the average dress size going down by the minute it's no wonder teenagers are getting more and more obsessed with the way they look. Striving to have the perfect body, immaculate hair and pristine make up is more impor...read more

by Alice Kaye

While people of all ages have body image issues, teenagers seem particularly vulnerable to the kinds of concerns that lead to serious disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and body dysmorphic disorder. During yo...read more