Article from the BBC News website (Wednesday 17th Feburary 2010)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8510160.stm
"Men do not experience - and have to live with - the same degree of bodily scrutiny, analysis, competition and comparison that women do."
"In our modern society the relentless promotion of the idealisation of thinness has put women of all ages under intense pressure to strive after the attainment of body perfection."
Glamour magazine website "Real Size Models On The Runway In London".
http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/slaves-to-fashion/2009/09/real-size-models-on-the-runway.html
"The girls were so skinny!" and "Someone get those poor girls cheeseburgers stat!" were just a few of the murmurs we heard about the mannequins last week"
"Just three normal women, making his clothes look gorgeous, walking randomly in between the size 2s we've come to expect on the catwalk."
"Stylist Fast hired refused to work with the size-10-and-up models, which only sheds a brighter light on fashion's weight bias and further cements why we need designers like Fast in the first place."
Another BBC Article "Size zero girls 'less attractive'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8327750.stm
"The study found that girls with an average weight and build were ranked as being the most attractive and healthy"
"Researchers said the findings sent out a strong message to young women who believe being underweight is considered to be attractive."
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