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How many times have you heard a man or a women around you complaining about the way that they look or asking if they look too fat? In a Glamour magazine survey, 75% of men and women ages 18-35 believe they were fat but only 25% were medically overweight. 45% of underweight women say that they were too fat. A woman's body image encompasses her physical appearance, size, and shape. Issues of body image are found everywhere, whether one is conscious of it or not.
Many women and men have a distorted perception of what their bodies look like. They may look in the mirror and see a larger body than the one that they have. Large thighs, large buttocks, and a rounded abdomen may lead to distress for some women. (Sneddon 1999) Not fitting into the "cultural ideal" may cause body dissatisfaction in others. James Rosen, Ph.D. from the University of Vermont has done studies indicating that women are "most dissatisfied with the parts of their bodies between their waist and their knees." The fa...