Body Talk The Straight Facts on Fitness, Nutrition, and Feeling Great About Yourself

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Dare to be YouHave you ever picked up a fashion magazine and wished that you looked more like the glamorous model or movie star on the cover? Or stared at yourself in the mirror, concentrating on all the things you would like to change about yourself?If you have, you've participated in a ritual so commonplace it just might show up as an Olympic event: the "sport" of beating yourself up about your appearance. Just imagine how the Olympics "competition" might look: a roomful of girls in front of full-length mirrors, waiting for the starter's pistol to be fired -- or the blowdryer to be switched on -- so that each can start listing her own flaws to outdo her opponents. Choruses of "I hate my hair," "my eyes are too small," "my nose is enormous," "my stomach's too big" would fill the room. Given the way girls can talk about themselves, we figure there'd be some pretty stiff competition for the gold medal!But concerns about body image are no laughing matter. It's no joke when girls feel so pressured to conform to some crazy one-size-fits-all definition of beauty that they end up feeling bad about themselves and, in some cases, damaging their physical and emotional health. That's why we wrote this book: to remind you that you don't have to look like whatever supermodel happens to be the Flavor of the Month.You can dare to be differentYou can dare to be you.-- Ann Douglas and Julie Douglas, age 14 Girl Talk In this book we quote some amazing girls who aren't afraid to "tell it like it is" about important issues. We hope that you enjoy meeting them as much as we did.