The effect of the media on body satisfac
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Helen Champion; Adrian Furnham
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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It has been suggested that the media, in consistently portraying thin, stereotypically attractive bodies, exacerbates the phenomenon of body dissatisfaction, and in consequence may be partly responsible for the increase in the prevalence of eating disorders. A recent study by Ogden and Mundray (1996