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[quote=Anonymous]I'm white and work in health care and I've noticed this as well- I'd say it's a combo of:

New fad- we used to want to have some fat on us, but the new western beauty standard is more fitness based/smaller with a lower hip to waist ratio, even to the point of lost curves. You can see this in famous celebrities/entertainers/nudes over the last half century alone.

In developed countries, skinny = money (that's the value). It's not the same in other countries, especially less developed ones. Again, newer fad, American women want to have that beauty standard that also touches on affluence.

As they age, a lot of white women realize they'd better have something going for them physically (glass ceiling at work/take your breaks where you can get them), and if it WAS the face, it ain't now. Time to focus elsewhere.

Access to education- they are more aware/able to work on health issues than minority counterparts-like bp/cholesterol/glucose and that nutrition can decrease risks. They may even see some of these health issues in their own family and rather than be fatalistic are educated enough to change their outcome.

Uptick in social anxiety/obsessive/compulsive behaviours of which unhealthy focus on weight/size/working out is a symptom.

I just think there is a happy medium for everyone to enjoy their body and health and it's a different thing for different cultures.
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