Article: Body image perception in female Mexican-American adolescents.

Body image perception has been conceptualized as the mental picture of one's body-the product of conscious and unconscious perceptions, attitudes, and feelings.[1] Because of the body changes that occur during puberty, much research has been conducted on body image perception among adolescent females. While adolescent males appear to be satisfied with the weight gain associated with adolescence, females generally are unhappy with these changes which seem to represent increased fatness.[2,3] A distorted body image, perceiving oneself to weigh more or to be larger than actual measurements, has been found common among female adolescents expressing dissatisfaction toward ...

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