Wednesday 9 December 2009

Statistics / Quotes research

http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/wellness/NewSite/BdyImgBeautyofWoman.html

http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/wellness/NewSite/BdyImgShockingStats.html


In 1970 the average age of a girl who started dieting was 14; by 1990 the average dieting age fell to 8.

A study found that women overestimate the size of their hips by 16% and their waists by 25%, yet the same women were able to correctly estimate the width of a box.

The “ideal” woman - portrayed by models, Miss America, Barbie dolls, and screen actresses - is 5’5, weighs 100 pounds and wears a size 5.

Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer, or losing their parents.

30% of women chose an ideal body shape that is 20% underweight and an additional 44% chose an ideal body shape that is 10% underweight.

http://www.youth.vic.gov.au/Web21/ofy/rwpgslib.nsf/GraphicFiles/Key+Facts+about+Body+Image/$file/Key+Facts+about+Body+Image+pdf.pdf

Anxiety, depression; obsessive behaviour; social isolation; irritability; suicidal tendencies; eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia, excessive dieting; lack of assertiveness; guilt; self-dislike; and impairment at school are all symptoms of the affects of negative body image in young people.

One in ten anorexic sufferers is now male and recent research indicates that this figure is an underestimation

http://www.teen-beauty-tips.com/body-image-statistics.html

Most fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women.

The average woman spends 2 1/2 years of her life washing, styling, cutting, coloring, cramping, and straightening her hair at home and in the salon.

http://www.reslife.cmich.edu/rama/index.php?section=Multicultural_Advisors&category=50_Ways_to_Approach_Life

http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=320&Profile_ID=41138

The incidence of bulimia in 10-39 year old women TRIPLED between 1988 and 1993.

Despite its prevalence, there is inadequate research funding for eating disorders. Funding for eating disorders research is approximately 75% less than that for Alzheimer’s disease. In the year 2005, the National Institute of Health (NIH) funded the following disorders accordingly:

http://loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org/factsheet.html

The body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal is possessed naturally by less than 5% of females

The average weight of a model is 23% lower than that of an average woman; 20 years ago, the differential was only 8%

http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=286&Profile_ID=41159

- 10 way to positive body image

http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=286&Profile_ID=41160

Count your blessings, not your blemishes.

http://mentalhealth.about.com/od/eat/a/edtreat.htm

Eating disorders can be treated and sufferers can return to a healthy weight. The sooner these disorders are diagnosed and treated, the better the outcome will likely be.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-433446/Asda-condemned-plans-new-size-zero-fashion-range.html

the typical waist measurement on a size zero skirt or dress is just 22inches, which is the average for an eight year old girl.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-433135/Like-fine-wine-women-insist-better-age.html

However, 94 per cent of women over 50 believe it's time society changed its attitude to ageing and the perception of beauty

Some 34 per cent feel that traditional images of beauty leave them feeling self-conscious about the natural ageing process.

nine out of ten UK women over 50 believe they are too young to be considered old.

A new study found three quarters of women believe that ageing is too often hidden, rather than celebrated, in the beauty world.

Seven out of ten of today's over 50's are still happy to wear a bikini, with four out of ten still happy to go topless on a beach

82 per cent of women think turning 50 shouldn't be a reason to stop having long hair

98 per cent still wear make-up and 96 per cent of over 50's still enjoy a pair of killer heels. A quarter (24 per cent) of 18-24 year olds believe that it's not appropriate for mature women to show cleavage but almost nine out of ten (87 per cent) over 50?s believe they can still flaunt it.


http://ibnlive.in.com/news/like-wine-sex-really-does-improve-with-age/68557-19.html

The authors found that over the thirty year period the number of 70 year olds of both sexes reporting sexual intercourse increased: married men from 52 percent to 68 percent, married women from 38percent to 56 percent, unmarried men from 30 percent to 54 percent, and unmarried women from 0.8 percent to 12 percent.



A woman's face is her work of fiction. ~Oscar Wilde

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination. ~Marcel Proust,Albertine disparue, 1925





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