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"Perfect"! What does the word "perfect" mean to us? Why

this need for perfection? And what will happen when

trying to achieve this "perfect" look? Well, some people are not affected by trying to get "the model look" but 53% of thirteen year old girls are unhappy with their bodies and will do almost anything to change the way they look. This will increase to 78% when girls reach seventeen. But the sad thing is, this need to look like the unnatural models in the media, starts at the raw age of just 9. At this age, 40% of girls have tried or are trying to lose weight as they already dislike what their see!

Trying to achieve this "perfect" result most commonly

leads to an eating disorder due to the obsession with

achieving this result. You can rarely look at someone

and determine if they are suffering from an eating

disorder. For one thing there are several different types

of eating disorders, and not all of them result in weight

loss. They can affect men and woman of all ages and

races. Eating disorders are mental and also physical

illnesses. You can't simply look at a person and

determine if they are suffering from a mental condition.

Eating disorders can involve eating too much or too little, or eating followed by purging. But one thing that all of them have in common is that the sufferer has an unhealthy relationship with food.