Thin or already emaciated – when a slender figure becomes a threat
Lena Bauer
2026-03-24
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The beauty canon for women is perpetually evolving. Once, people admired women with fuller figures, yet today, slender and athletic women are deemed attractive. Regrettably, this leads many young girls, striving to conform to this ideal, to resort to extremes that jeopardize their health. Where is the line between healthy slimness and dangerous, unhealthy thinness?
Thin isn't always beautiful
We all need to maintain moderation, as we've all known for a long time. We've been surrounded by pictures of young and skinny women with a flat belly with their own muscles and their own slim minds. However, it's surprising that girls are increasingly trying to balance their body image, and we can't know when to stop. For ourselves, we're still going to be too fat. Creating today's beauty canon has played a big role in the mass media.