Facts you never knew about our society's body image

1. Over 1 billion dollars this year will be spent on dietary items (ex. diet pills) remember this doesn't include exercise equipment and gym memberships.

2. Today's Miss America has to be 20 pounds lighter to even consider walking out on the runway than when the pageant started in the late 1940's.

3. In a test of kindergarten they were shown pictures of children than asked which ones they would want to be friends with. 90% choose children with mental retardation and physical deformities over children who were heavier.

4. The mass majority of growing children and teens prefer diet sodas over regular.

5. Barbi:
a) If Barbi were real she would have to crawl on all fours to move because of really out of proportion body (ex. huge boobies and tiny waits)
b) Barbi's ankles are so thin if she stood up they would snap in two.
c) Barbi's waits is so thin all the essential organs couldn't fit inside her let alone work.

6. Marilyn Monroe the famous beauty/sex icon of the 1950's in today's society would be considered "fat" or "to heavy"

7. In yet another test 85% of 4th graders said they were unhappy with their body image.

Now I think we can all agree this is sad. And now I leave you with an inspirational quote I got of a friends T- shirt:
"If the definition of beauty gets any thinner no one will be able to fit..."

soap operas

I have come to conclude, that the only people who watch Soap Operas are the people who have no interests. So rather than interesting themselves in their own lives they have to interest themselves in the lives of non-real people played by actors and actresses no body's heard of. Now I think we would all agree that can't be good for you...