You probably wouldn’t expect to see a seven-year-old girl scrutinising her face for wrinkles and imperfections. But a new survey in the UK has found that an alarming number of young girls are displaying this sort of behaviour. Sadly, these negative habits are being learned at home – because young girls are mimicking their mothers.

The OnePoll survey, sponsored by Dove, found that young girls who see their mothers standing in front of the mirror describing themselves as ‘fat’ or ‘old’ were mimicking this and finding negative things to say about their own bodies.

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