The average American model is 5’11” tall and weighs 117 pounds. The average American woman is 5’4″ tall, weighs 140 pounds, and wears a size 14.
Americans spend more than $40 billion a year on dieting and diet-related products. That’s roughly equivalent to the amount the U.S. federal goverment spends on education every year.
80 percent of American 10 year old girls are dieting.
89 percent of American women are dissatisfied with their bodies.
72 percent of American women polled wish they had “better” thighs.
American women spend $100 million a year on thigh-reducing products.
8.7 million plastic surgeries were performed in 2003, up 32 percent from 2002. 26 percent of those surgeries were performed on people between the ages of 19 and 34.
From “If Women Ruled the World”
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