ASEM documentary overview
Official Canadian Paediatric Society document (2025) on “The dangers of dieting in adolescence”. Dieting is a common occurrence during adolescence. Dieting behaviours and cognitions can have a profound impact during this critical period of development, when youth have a heightened sensitivity to appearance and are actively forming their body image. Adolescents are particularly susceptible to internalizing the myriad and conflicting “health” messages disseminated through mainstream and social media, peer interact.
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