some research

*In a recent poll by People magazine 80% of women reported that the images of women of TV and in movies, fashion magazines ad advertising make them feel insecure about their looks.

*they are willing to try diets that pose health risks (34%),

*"under the knife" (34%),

*93% indicated they had made various and repeated attempts to lose weight to measure up to the images.

*Self esteem is a personal evaluation of one’s worth as a person. It measures how much you respect yourself
physically: (how happy you are with the way you look)
intellectually (how well you feel you can accomplish your goals)
emotionally (how much you feel loved)
morally (how you think of yourself as a person)

*-MAKING PEACE WITH YOUR BODY AND SELF:
When you look in the mirror, make yourself find at least one good point for every demerit you give. Become aware of your positives.
Decide which of the cultural pressures - glamour, fitness, thinness, media, peer group - prevent you from feeling good about yourself. How about not buying fashion magazines which promote unrealistic body images?
Exercise gets high marks when it comes to breeding positive body feelings. It makes us feel better about our appearance, and improves our health and mood.
Emphasize your assets. You’ve got lots. Give yourself credit for positive qualities. If there are some things you want to change, remember self-discovery is a lifelong process.
Make friends with the person you see in the mirror. Say, "I like what I see. I like me." Do it until you believe it.
Question ads. Instead of saying, "What’s wrong with me," say, "What’s wrong with this ad?" Write the company. Set your own standards instead of letting the media set them for you.
Ditch dieting and bail on the scale. These are two great ways to develop a healthy relationship with your body and weight.
Challenge size-bigotry and fight size discrimination whenever you can. Don’t speak of yourself or others with phrases like "fat slob," "pig out," or "thunder thighs."
Be an example to others by taking people seriously for what they say, feel, and do rather than how they look.
Accept the fact your body’s changing. In teen years, your body is a work in progress. Don’t let every new inch or curve throw you off the deep end.
You know you are successful when you can look in the mirror and instead of asking, "What’s wrong with it," and say, "There’s nothing really wrong with me." And little by little you’ll find you can stop disliking your body. When Clister Smith, age 15, was asked how we can like our bodies better he says, "Quit worrying about what others think of you. If you want to change your body, do it for yourself, and not anyone else."
This is the starting point. It is from this new way of looking at a problem that we can begin to feel better about ourselves. Make this the time to accept the natural dimensions of our bodies instead of drastically trying to change them. We can’t exchange our bodies for a new one. So the best thing is to find peace with the one we have. Your body is where you’re going to be living the rest of your life. Isn’t it about time you made it home?