Study finds young women's satisfaction with own body image suffers after viewing ultra-thin TV characters

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 14:49 in Psychology & Sociology

For 10 television seasons Friends was a top-rated feel-good sitcom, which, thanks to syndication now enjoys eternal life. But could something so good actually make people feel bad? Ryerson University researchers think it could - when it comes to body image representation and the show`s slender and beautiful cast members Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox Arquette.

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