Are most young women too conscious of their weight

Question

Are most young women too conscious of their weight

Answer 1

No, I don't think so at all. Our youth is heavier now than we have ever been.

Answer 2

Yes, and sadly it will carry through adult hood with them, especially as the women who surround them start telling them they need to lose weight.  

Answer 3

Yes. I don't know any woman that hasn't tried to control her weight at some point. If you look in any ladies or girls magazine you'll see a diet.

Just because someone is overweight doesn't mean they aren't conscious of their weight. They are usually overly conscious, and the more they think about what they eat the more they consume. It's a sad cycle.

Answer 4

Yes, the media is constantly bombarding women with information to make them think they need to be thinner, like the size zero fad. About 10 years ago people used to talk about 'the perfect 10' and a UK size 10 was thougth to be thin and something to be achieved. But now size zero?!

Answer 5

If they are many are doing little to develop healthy lifestyles.

Answer 6

Regrettably, in the West, this is an especially significant public health matter and too many young women succumb to this pathology.  This pathology is almost unheard of in countries where there is a paucity of wealth and resources.

Most young women do not exemplify this pathology.

Answer 7

Yes they do.  I would think it stems from people not being intelligent enough to think whats right for themselves and have the media thinking for them.

Answer 8

I think some are too conscious and most not conscious enough.

Answer 9

probably. i mean we do it for so many reasons. we do it for:

*attention

*control

*to lose weight

*warped self image

*some become "addicted" once they start

for me personally when i was in 7th grade i was nearly anorexic because i need some control in my hectic life at the time. its not pleasent and i advise against it because even if you do get back to eating normal food again, you still have the desire to go back.