7-year olds on diet

Every fifth seven-year old girl in Sweden wishes she were thinner, shows a new study.  

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  Dangerous trend: Young girls on diet.

• 7-year olds on diet
  Every fifth seven-year old girl in Sweden wishes she were thinner, shows a new study.

• But these young girls often wait a few years before they actively try to lose weight, and that is good news according to researcher Josefin Westerberg-Jacobson. That means there’s time to counteract the extreme thin ideal, which can lead to eating disorders. Over 400 girls in Uppsala were followed during a period of 8 years. Of high-school aged girls, some 50% were on a diet.