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Respondents (N=3,957) to the 1999 South Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey were examined on six questions pertaining to body image influences and behavioral activities to manipulate body weight and/or body image. Chisquare and logistic regression analyses were used to show associations among the chosen variables. Body mass index scores for participants were generated and compared with concerns about weight. More than 40% of participants were concerned about their weight and participated in deleterious behaviors to manipulate their weight and selfperception of body. Mass media and family were the most influential factors in participant’s self-perception of body. Exercise and dieting were the most prevalent ways to manipulate body weight. Significant differences were determined for each race and gender group with regard to types of activities intended to manipulate their body weight. Policy changes to media advertisements and innovative interventions should be developed that can influence adolescents to choose a healthy body size and to be comfortable with the varieties of body shapes.  \nBody image concerns are at the heart of adolescence for boys and girls. As children reach puberty and begin to develop secondary sex characteristics, numerous boys adopt strategies to increase muscle tone, and numerous girls adopt strategies to lose weight or retard physical growth (e.g. , breasts, broader hips) (McCabe, Ricciardelli, & Banfield, 2001; McCabe, Ricciardelli, & Fenmore, 2002; Ricciardelli, 2001) . Consequently, studies have shown that girls are generally more negative about their bodies, develop lower self-esteem, and are concerned more with having an ideal, thin shape than boys (Marcotte, Potvin, & Papillon, 2002; O’Dea, & Abraham, 2001; Rhea, 1999; Siegel, 2002) . However, many boys of all ages report dissatisfaction with  \ntheir bodies, often associated with reduced self-esteem to be bigger (Cohane & Pope, 2001) or enhance muscle tone (McCabe et al., 2002). Seeking effective dieting strategies (e.g., liquid diets, no-fat diets, no-carbohydrate diets) to create a perceived ideal body shape can compound this psychological battle (Overdorf & Gill, 1994; Petrie et al., 1996) . These diets can lead to other abnormal practices such asthe misuse of vomiting, laxatives, diuretics, and diet pills to enhance one’s body image. Individuals with warped body images and the associated low self-esteem lay the groundwork for weight preoccupation and disordered eating (President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Report, 1997) .  \nResearch has shown that several factors  \ncan be influential in the development of poor body image especially for girls, including sociocultural pressures (media, peers), family pressures, and individual selfevaluation of what is acceptable. One of the most influential, mass media, is ubiquitously present in youths’ lives via television, movies, magazines, and advertisements. Several recent studies have supported  \nWilliam Thatcher, MSPH, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Building 54, Room 128, Pensacola, FL 32514; E-mail: [wthatcher@uwf.edu. Deborah Rhea](wthatcher@uwf.edu. Deborah Rhea), EdD, isan associate professor at Texas Christian University, 2800 S. University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76129.  \n American Journal of Health Education—November/December 2003, Volume 34, No. 6 343   \nWilliam Thatcher and Deborah Rhea  \nmedia influences on one’s likelihood to develop a warped body image, engage in di","cbCainHRg3AmE1fO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainHRg3AmE1fO","pdf",150079,"English","# Abstract","[{\"question\":\"Which influencing factors were analyzed in the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study evaluated media, family, friends, teacher/coach, and doctor/nurse as potential influences on body weight self-perception.\"},{\"question\":\"What behaviors were considered as weight- or body-image manipulation strategies?\",\"answer\":\"Behaviors included exercise, dieting, changing eating habits, taking pills, and vomiting or using laxatives to lose weight.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the results indicate about the most influential factors and prevalence of harmful behaviors?\",\"answer\":\"Mass media and family were the most influential factors for self-perception. 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