A fashion trend can be toxic. When Kendall Jenner snaps a photo of herself wearing low-rise jeans flaunting her size 00 waist on Instagram, every girl who looks at it is rarely satisfied with herself. That induces unhealthy workouts to build abs to look like hers and girls skipping lunch so they can pull off the same trendy look. It doesn’t help matters that relatives and friends offer unsolicited advice about our physique—so we continue to struggle with negative body image as the celebrities and female influencers we desire to become set unrealistic standards while we live on water diets. The biggest challenge facing women and girls in the U.S. today is body image.
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