Body image – the way people feel about their looks – is a big problem for many young people today. According to a1, more than half the teenage girls in the USA. think 2 should be on a diet(节食) and almost one in five teenage boys are 3about their bodies and their weight.
But what's the cause? In the study, many blame(责备) the media(媒体). Tom on the TV and you'll 4 see beautiful models, handsome actors and fit sports stars. 5 a magazine or a newspaper, look through the Internet, and it's usually 6 .
Many young people feel pressure to 7 these 'perfect' people. But for most, this is just not possible. In the USA. the average(平均的) woman is 163 cm tall and weighs 64 kilos, 8 the average model is 180 cm tall and weighs 53 kilos.
When people don't look the way many 9 people look, they may become less confident. Some stop eating 10 in order to lose weight. Students can lose so many confidence that they start to 11 taking part in classroom activities at school.
Body image problems don't 12 as we get older, either. In the UK, for example, women over 50 spend more money on cosmetics(化妆品) than any other 13 group. Older men spend a lot of money trying to 14 hair loss(损失).
Is there a solution to the problem? A 2016 study in the UK suggested that body image lessons should be provided in 15 . Others believe it's a problem that all of society needs to deal with. As Meaghan Ramsey says, "We need to judge people by what they do, not what they look like."
