Weight Worries May Start Early for Slim
Women
There is a range of reasons why thin women
think they’re too heavy, but the distorted body image may often have its roots
in childhood, the results of a new study suggest.
Researchers
found that among more than 2400 thin women they surveyed, nearly 10 percent
thought they were too heavy. {{U}} (46) {{/U}}
According
to the study authors,led by Dr. Susanne Kruger Kjaer of the Danish Cancer
Society Copenhagen," society’s ideal" female body is moving toward an
underweight physique (体格). {{U}} (47) {{/U}}
To
investigate body image among thin women, the researchers gave questionnaires
(调查表)to 2,443 women ages 27 to 38 whose body mass index was at the low end of
normal. {{U}} (48) {{/U}}
Overall, almost 10 percent of
the women thought they were too heavy. Those who reported ce