A new study has found body image is the top concern for youth in W. Australia, even over important issues like family conflict or school problems. As I read through this news article, it seems to me to be more Western or or at least an issue that is more prevalent among youth in developed countries. I don't have the statistics to back this up (yet), and the little amount of looking around for them has turned up nil so far. Kind of seems like an obvious result though. When you are striving to survive, I don't think there is much time to deal with some of the more introspective issues like body image.
Let me give you an example (please do not misunderstand me, I am in no way trying to minimize the issue of body image that teens face in a very real way in many countries). Let's take the case of Chotsani, a 16 year old female young person in Malawi. She is the default head of her household now since both of her parents have died …
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