2007/01/01 by Rachel M. Calogero, Michael Boroughs, J. Kevin Thompson · 1 citation
Psychology · Business, Management and Accounting · #Eating Disorders and Behaviors #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
paper · doi:10.1057/9780230596887_13
openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
According to a recent survey of 3,300 girls and women across 10 countries, 90 per cent of all women aged 15 to 64 worldwide want to change at least one aspect of their physical appearance, with body weight ranking the highest (Etcoff, Orbach, Scott, & D’Agostino, 2004). This finding suggests that women’s anxiety about their appearance is a global phenomenon, observed in every country studied from Saudi Arabia to the United States. Beyond body dissatisfaction, a stunning 67 per cent of all women aged 15 to 64 worldwide reported that they actually withdraw from life-engaging, life-sustaining activities due to feeling badly about their looks. These activities include giving an opinion, meeting friends, exercising, going to work, going to school, dating, and going to the doctor. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.