Parents try very hard to help their teenagers deal with questions of body image. It’s one of those issues that can cause enormous turmoil in a young person’s life.

I came across the following article on OnLine Opinion. As is usual with such articles, the purpose is to encourage debate and discussion, not to be the definitive statement on the issue.

Youth, brains and body image
By Kellie Tranter
Posted Wednesday, 1 April 2009

Notwithstanding the formation of a new National Advisory Group on Body Image earlier this month, a government officer – who wished to remain nameless because of an obligation of “workplace loyalty” – contacted me urging me to write about “the diet industry, obesity fear mongering and eating disorders in light of the latest campaign on body image”, in the hope of giving this issue “the public discussion and interest it deserves”.

Read the full article here: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8716