Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Size Zero, the Obesity Epidemic and the Quest for Perfection

We have all done it. We have all stared at the pages of a glossy magazine at an impossibly beautiful model, wearing this season's new look and thought "if only that could be me..."

It is a strange fact that as the nation gets more obese, with worryingly one of the highest rates of child obesity in Europe, the models that grace our catwalks and magazines are getting thinner. Where does this obsession with the body beautiful come from? Whereas part of the population is on a quest to be the thinnest they can be, by any means possible, others are adding to the obesity statistics.

The pressure to be thin and beautiful is obviously felt by the actors and actresses in Hollywood, with many celebrities, particularly famous

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