Who would not want to have the ideal body shape? Both men and women would want to have a perfect body that could support their appearance, especially the teenagers who think appearance is very important in the association.

A scientific study has been done in this regard. Researchers try to do a survey of 180 teenagers (male and female) aged between 11-16 years.

From the survey it is known that half of teenage girls and a third of teenage boys admitted that they were fond of comparing themselves with people who often appeared on television, such as celebrities. Because of this behavior they were trying to get into shape like what they often see on TV. Ironically, one quarter of survey participants admitted that they are willing and prepared to perform plastic surgery in order to imitate those they admire on television.

“Young people seem to feel insecure about their appearance and body image. There is a growing trend on how to quickly change the shape of the body, where it is dangerous to health and often unsatisfactory, “said one researcher, Rosi Prescott.

From the survey results are also known that 1 in 10 boys chose taking steroids to get a muscular body. While one of eight young women choose to consume diet pills or laxatives pills in order to get a slim body and ideal.

According to researchers, many of the adolescents who are competing to obtain the ideal body are because they already believe that a perfect appearance will make them more acceptable in society. So even if they do not want to do extreme things like downing diet pills, plastic surgery, or even stop eating though (anorexia), they still go through it for the sake of the ideal body they want.