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Body image perceptions take shape from early childhood, psychologists reveal

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Researchers from Durham University , The University of Manchester and Northumbria University carried out a first -of-its-kind study to examine the flexibility of body weight perceptions in children and young adults.

Results show that people’s perceptions of body.

weight are flexible and adult-like from seven years of age onwards.

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86

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93

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31

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semi-formal

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English

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71

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long-living

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