"To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are".

I, Aaliyah Henley as an eighteen year old graduating senior would like to lower these statistic percentages in young people like myself. The problem I am really trying to solve here is REACHING OUT to whoever would like to listen. The statistics show there in fine print what teenagers are going through. So why not help these innocent teens accomplish a better, happy, and healthy life? The statistics: 20% of teens are either "rarely" or "never" happy with their body image Over half of all teens (52%) feel that the media pressures them to change their body image 73% of teens feel their appearance affects their body image 65% of teens are afraid of gaining weight 44% of teens skip meals as a tactic to losing or controlling weight 31% of teens have been on a diet in the last six months 31% of teens have at least one body part on which they would like to get surgery 56% of teens feel that the media's advertisements are the main cause of low self-esteem