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Schoolgirls as young as 12 are unhappy with their weight and some are skipping meals in an effort to be skinnier, a study has found.
Half of girls in year eight – who are aged 12 and 13 – said they wanted to be thinner.
And 58 per cent of girls in year ten, aged 14 or 15, said they wanted to lose weight, according to the study by the Schools Health Education Unit.
During the research, 31,354 boys and girls aged ten to 15 were questioned about their eating habits and body image.
Young girls revealed how they are controlling their eating in their quest to be thinner.
A quarter of year ten girls skipped breakfast on the morning they were questioned and 20 per cent had skipped lunch the day before.
Of those who had skipped breakfast, 36 per cent had avoided eating lunch on the previous day.
But if many of the girls keen to lose weight started dieting they could be putting their health at risk.
The researchers said: ‘An analysis of the characteristics of the year ten females shows that most of those wanting to lose weight are within the limits of “healthy” weight, and some are already underweight.’
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