Girls as young as 10 worry about their weight and consider plastic surgery.
`Daily Mail’ `Laura Clark’
Girls as young as 10 are worried about their weight and half of teenagers would consider surgery to change their appearance, a major new study revealed today.
It suggests that anxieties about body shape begin much earlier than usually thought and a majority of girls restrict their food intake.
Dissatisfaction grows as girls reach puberty, with 50 per cent willing to consider invasive procedures such as plastic surgery or gastric bands to alter their looks.
Even girls at top schools would resort to surgery. Fewer than half were actively against cosmetic procedures.
The findings, from a survey of more than 1,000 girls by Girlguiding UK, will fuel concerns over the early sexualisation of young girls.
Previous research has warned that girls are in danger of being psychologically damaged by mounting pressure to grow up too quickly.
Today’s study is also further evidence of the growing menace of binge-drinking by a new ‘ladette’ generation.
More than a quarter of girls aged 11 to 16 – 27 per cent – have drunk so much they have thrown up or lost control.
The figure rises to 58 per cent among 16 to 21-year-olds.
Alcohol was identified by respondents as the most serious health issue facing girls and young women.
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