Teen magazines blamed for rise in girls? suicide: The suicide rate among young women aged 15-24 has risen more rapidly than in any other group.
The alarming trend is exposed in a study by academics at Glasgow University, which shows that the number of suicides has risen to nearly two a week ? a rise of almost 50% over the past 20 years.
Leading academics and children?s campaigners are calling for urgent government action to tackle the problem, which they believe is fuelled by pressure on young women to conform to images of female perfection in teenage magazines.
A recent survey of 2,000 teenage girls in Britain found that 70% dislike their faces and only 8% are happy with their body. Two-thirds think their lives would improve dramatically if they lost weight. Most said they were made to feel bad about their bodies by images of ?perfect? celebrities.
