A record number of girls are unhappy with their appearance and life overall
 

A record number of girls are unhappy with their appearance and life overall
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LONDON — An estimated 700,000 girls aged 10 to 15 feel unhappy about their appearance and one-in-seven girls are **t content with their lives overall, a new UK report has revealed.

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According to The Good Childhood Report 2016, published by the Children's Society, girls are "less happy than they used to be" about their appearance and a gender gap is also emerging on how young people perceive themselves.*

More than one-third of girls in the UK are unhappy with the way they look — a 30 percent rise over five years. However, the proportion of boys of the same age who are unhappy with their appearance has remained the same, at 20 percent.* Read more...

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