What Is Normal?

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Among high school students, 44% of girls and 15% of guys are attempting to lose weight. This is because these teenagers are not accepting themselves for who they are. In other words, they have low self-esteem and body-image issues. Self-esteem is confidence and satisfaction in oneself. Body-image is a subjective picture of one's own physical appearance established both by self-observation and by noting the reactions of others. These students have low self-esteem because they believe that they are too fat when most of the time this is untrue. This article will talk about factors that contribute to positive self-esteem, the difference in self-esteem issues that exist between boys and girls, the overall benefits of high self-esteem, and ways to increase one's self-esteem. There are many factors that contribute to positive self-esteem. One of the ways is thinking positively about oneself. Teens should accept their body image and how they look; a lot of teens change their look because someone said something or they heard a rumor and they just want to fit in. The truth is they have alwa...

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