Weight Worries May Start Early for Slim Women/ |1 u, u8 R9 ^( H
There is a range of reasons(一系列原因) why thin women think they're too heavy, but the distorted(扭曲,歪曲)body image may often have its roots in childhood, the results of a new study suggest.2 F6 F! e {- `! T9 w
Researchers found that among more than 2,400 thin women they surveyed, nearly 105 j# j" h C. i7 H2 {1 h" M
percent thought they were too heavy. __ (1)__6 y9 O% c& v" J
According to the study authors, led by Dr. Susanne Kruger Kjaer of the Danish CancerSociety, Copenhagen, society's "ideal" female body is moving toward an underweight physique.(体格)__ (2)2 x+ e+ k: p6 v( W+ J7 L% d- e
To investigate body image among thin women, the researchers gave questionnaires(问卷) to 2,443 women ages 27 to 38 whose body mass index(体块指数)was at the low end of normal(正常值下限)___(3)
_: F( \. _# G6 u; lOverall, almost 10 percent of the women thought they were too heavy. Those who reportedcertain "severe life events" in childhood or adolescence, such as having a parent become ill orhaving their educational hopes dashed(使破灭,挫败), were more likely than others to have a distorted body image. __ (4)2 |7 o6 l6 ]* e0 H# p9 ]- z) @# ~
In contrast, traumatic events in adulthood(成年), such as serious illness or significant marital problems, were not related to poor body image, the researchers report. __ (5)+ v+ F0 }% H* y5 p, b3 l. O
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/ }: t6 `5 J) |: TA The same was true of* women who started having sex or drinking alcohol when they were Younger than 15 years old.
' v. w4 X7 [3 D2 F6 I/ U3 MB Experiences in childhood, including having an iii parent, or sta/'ting to drink or have sex at aparticularly young age, were among the risk factors for having a distorted body image.
, @8 U) C# x) G/ L% A& I, IC “Our results indicate that the risk of beingdissatisfied with (one's) own body weight may beestablished early in life," Kjaer and her colleagues write.
) l1 i ]- l X6 `* ] p- Q2 uD Research suggests that many normal-weight women wish to weigh less.
1 N' |+ g. |' oE If worries have altered your appetite or weight, it will help to talk to someone about it.. s# ^5 S, x4 D- `0 l7 u
F The women were asked about factors ranging from childhood experiences to currentexercise habits.- R E( b3 Z& B! W% x: _ C% W6 i
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