Lifestyle

Are College Women Actually Happy With Their Bodies?

By Her Campus at Spoon University

With the harmful body standards in our society, it sadly comes as no surprise that college women don’t have the most positive body image. A third of college women are unhappy with their current weight, and just under a fourth of college women report having never been happy with their weight.  61% of college women have been on a diet at some point, with most having gone on their first diet while still in high school at age 13-16. 11% have even resorted to trying questionable diet aids to help them lose weight.

Concerningly, over 40% of college women feel they have exhibited behavior of an eating disorder at some point, with 8% having been officially diagnosed with one.

This post originally appeared on Her Campus.

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