"Girls' self-esteem peaks when they are 9 years old, then takes a nose dive," clinical psychologist Robin F. Goodman writes on the New York University Child Study Center Web site.

Seventy-five percent of 8- and 9-year-olds who said they liked their looks. That figure dropped to 56 percent among girls ages 12 and 13.

Nine -- Age at which at least half of all girls report having been on a diet. Eighty percent of eighth grade girls say they are on diets.

Seven million girls and women who have eating disorders, compared with 1 million boys and men. Ten percent report onset at 10 years or younger; 33 percent ages 11 to 15.

Twenty percent College-aged women in America who are bulimic.

Girls who watch TV commercials featuring underweight models lose self-confidence and become more dissatisfied with their own bodies (SOURCE: Dove Campaign, "Dove Campaign for Real Beauty to Help Foster
Self-Esteem in Girls".

One-third of all girls in grades nine to 12 think they are overweight, and 60 percent are trying to lose weight. (Quoting the Girl
Scout Research Institute, 2002-2004).

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