Comments on: How Your Health And Body Image Are Linked http://livefitblog.com/2010/02/22/health-body-image/ A Fitness Blog With Tips For Getting Fit And Healthy Living Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Notable News | Live Fit and Sore http://livefitblog.com/2010/02/22/health-body-image/#comment-2381 Notable News | Live Fit and Sore Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:06:54 +0000 http://livefitblog.com/?p=3332#comment-2381 [...] Your Health And Body Image – How They’re Linked. The contention by the Spanish government is that ads for cosmetic surgeries, botox injections, and related procedures only serves to accentuate a growing problem tied to the body image of young teens. An interview with a teenage girl, aired on NPR, summed up the reason for the rising rates of anorexia and bulimia in Spain, as she explained how the “perfect bodies” of actresses and models are worshiped by their culture. This is why they limited advertising for the industry to after 10 pm, in the hopes of reducing the exposure of children to the images and message portrayed by the industry. [...] [...] Your Health And Body Image – How They’re Linked. The contention by the Spanish government is that ads for cosmetic surgeries, botox injections, and related procedures only serves to accentuate a growing problem tied to the body image of young teens. An interview with a teenage girl, aired on NPR, summed up the reason for the rising rates of anorexia and bulimia in Spain, as she explained how the “perfect bodies” of actresses and models are worshiped by their culture. This is why they limited advertising for the industry to after 10 pm, in the hopes of reducing the exposure of children to the images and message portrayed by the industry. [...]

]]> By: Greg http://livefitblog.com/2010/02/22/health-body-image/#comment-2361 Greg Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:35:46 +0000 http://livefitblog.com/?p=3332#comment-2361 @Walter - You're exactly right about the quick fix mentality. Hopefully this will at least curb some of the pressure for "perfection." @Greg - We exist in a culture of extremes, no doubt about it. @Walter – You’re exactly right about the quick fix mentality. Hopefully this will at least curb some of the pressure for “perfection.”

@Greg – We exist in a culture of extremes, no doubt about it.

]]> By: Walter http://livefitblog.com/2010/02/22/health-body-image/#comment-2360 Walter Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:20:14 +0000 http://livefitblog.com/?p=3332#comment-2360 People nowadays are inclined to quick fixes. I agree with the Spanish government on their move to minimize the ads influence on our teenagers. True beauty comes from within, any superficial attempts to fix the onside will only compound our miseries inside. :-) People nowadays are inclined to quick fixes. I agree with the Spanish government on their move to minimize the ads influence on our teenagers. True beauty comes from within, any superficial attempts to fix the onside will only compound our miseries inside. :-)

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