Preference for unrealistic body shapes hard to alter

[NickSister]

I'm sure this would have certain implications for us in our desire for a different body, but my brain is not working right now....

"Although our idea of what is attractive is acquired early in life, our perception of beauty is also learned, writes Hayden Walles."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4585792a19716.html

[NicholeW.]

Yep. Nic. I do believe it may well have a bearing on a number of us here. Me for instance, and I imagine others of us as well if you check this thread out and others over the past few years I think you can see that.

Nice article. I'm not sure I'm quite as hopeful as the guy from Dunedin. *sigh*

Nichole