Young girls ‘obsessed’ with weight

TEENAGE girls are living on unhealthy diets in a quest to look like skinny international pop divas, it has been claimed.

Some, who are restricting themselves to low fat foods to have the same figures as Britney Spears and Victoria Beckham, are as young as 12, according to a University of Ulster survey.

The media and fashion industry, which dictate that thinness equals feminine beauty, lead girls to become concerned with their body image, a lecturer said.