Choice of subject: Influence of the media on our body imageContext: The media influence the way adolescents perceive themselves. Television, movies, magazines and the Internet all bombard adolescents with unrealistic images that are photoshopped versions of models who weigh 23% less than the average woman and influence the appearance of their bodies. It even reinforces unrealistic body weights, encouraging "10% body fat for young girls, but in reality, 22% body fat is healthier." However, millions of teenagers believe the lies and resort to unhealthy measures to try to fit into this impossible mold. --- The "ugly" princess is green, overweight and more masculine and the "beautiful" princess is thin and extremely feminine influences children from a young age that fat is bad and thin is good. Cosmetic surgery patients' use of celebrity-influenced products as a shorthand to describe the desired physical attribute; A...