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BODY image experts are supporting a Liberal Democrat campaign against the use of airbrushed images of models.

Airbrushed pictures of women making them appear unnaturally thin are harmful to girls and women, a group of experts says today.

End this fake perfection: Experts want a ban on airbrushing ads that leave girls loathing their own bodies By Tim Shipman Last updated at 12:06 AM on 09th November 2009 Airbrushing models to give them perfect bodies has helped create a generation of young women with eating disorders and depression, advertising watchdogs have been warned.

Heather Kew used to tell people "everything was great" when really it wasn't. She spent 10 years struggling with a disease where she turned to the toilet again and again.

Body image is one of the most controversial topics right now, and 23-year-old French-Swedish super model Filippa Hamilton knows that better than anyone.

Q: My 24-year-old daughter, who has always been beautiful and vivacious, lost about 20 pounds over the past year.

Dear Carolyn: My 24-year-old daughter, who has always been beautiful and vivacious, lost about 20 pounds during the past year.

I have been struggling with this post for some time because it is a difficult topic for me.

Dear Carolyn: I have an unusual situation, I think. My 24-year-old daughter, who has always been beautiful and vivacious, lost about 20 pounds over the past year.

By Margaret Davis GIRLS start wanting to be thin at the age of ten, and half of 11 to 16-year-olds restrict what they eat to stay slim, a survey of young women reveals.

You really can't help but be overwhelmed by the amount of focus these days on how a person looks.

Nearly half of girls aged 11 to 16 are dieting, a national survey has revealed. By the age of 10, girls start wanting to be thin and 42% of 11 to 16-year-olds restrict what they eat to stay slim, Girlguiding UK found.

Girlguiding UK surveyed the attitudes of over 1,000 girls and young women, aged between seven and 21, about the issues affecting them.

GIRLS start wanting to be thin at the age of 10 - and half of 11 to 16-year-olds restrict what they eat to stay slim, an alarming survey found today.

Women on television, including news presenters and actresses, are "abnormally thin" and are causing a rise in the number of young women suffering from eating disorders, doctors said yesterday.

FOLLOWING the surgical removal of a body part, amputees often report sensations which seem to originate from the missing limb.

Nicole Richie is too skinny. Jessica Simpson is too fat. If you've been following headlines like these, you know that mixed messages abound when it comes to girls and body weight.

The relationship between the media and body image is "more complex" than a lot of people realise Unhealthy body image has long been stereotyped as a female problem but a proposed media code will not forget men, an eating disorder support group says.

New research has shown that body images can be formed independently of external sensory inputs, and that the phantom limbs of amputees can be trained to carry out tasks that would be impossible for real limbs.