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- 100% of images of people in adverts, magazines, or posters are retouched.
- Retouchers can change people's natural skin, bodies, or hair in images.
- People with a positive body image feel happy and comfortable in their bodies.
- The pressure to look perfect comes from comparing one's appearance with retouched images in the media.
- 79% of 17-year-old girls and one in five boys suffer from a negative body image.
- Teenagers are retouching photos they post on social media and spending money on fad diets, vitamin supplements, and gyms.
- Many teens don't like their reflections and believe they aren't thin, athletic, or pretty enough.
- The author advises not looking at online posts that make you feel bad about yourself and finding positive role models.