Hey Jess, I came across this article describing a book by the oldest Schwarzenegger daughter. It deals with body image specifically among teen and young adult girls.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100913/hl_yblog_upshot/schwarzeneggers-daughter-reveals-details-of-growing-up-in-famous-family
I find it interesting that she describes a "competition" she held with a friend in middle school, in which they competed to keep their weight beneath 100 pounds. She then defends it, saying that "it was just a friendly competition," and claiming she "didn't have an eating disorder." She claims to have written this book in defense of young women, encouraging them to embrace their bodies, and yet she claims that a "competition" to keep your weight beneath 100 pounds in middle school was healthy! I can see people our age getting together with another friend, a weight loss buddy, perhaps, and vowing to lose a certain number of pounds. But girls ages 12 to 14 do not, in my opinion, need to be vowing to stay under a certain weight.
Katherine Schwarzenegger, no thanks. I don't want your advice.
Hope you find this interesting, Jess!
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