Study shows girls (ages 3 to 5) reject fat dolls to play with. They consistently prefer thin version - Polidicks

[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/25/article-2545675-1ADAE9EC00000578-591_634x602.jpg[/img] [quote]At three years old little girls can’t quite tie their laces or read a story, but they’ve picked up one thing – that being fat is not good. Presented with dolls of different shapes, girls in a study aged between three and five consistently preferred the thin version. And it wasn’t just a case of them having a ‘better’ figure. Researchers found three-year-old girls felt fat dolls had no friends, as opposed to slimmer toys. The bigger doll was thought of as being sad, tired and having no friends. She was also least likely to be chosen to play with.[/quote] [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545675/Girls-three-reject-fat-dolls-Researchers-children-consistently-prefer-version-think-larger-ones-sad.html[/url] Research itself (daily mail article is the only one I can find): [url]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24394637[/url]

Said kids probably watch disney channel and other such pop-crap, so ofcourse theyll conform to the norm theyre being fed.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662005]Said kids probably watch disney channel and other such pop-crap, so ofcourse theyll conform to the norm theyre being fed.[/QUOTE] Gotta keep the bloodline STRONG. Or in this case thin.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662005]Said kids probably watch disney channel and other such pop-crap, so ofcourse theyll conform to the norm theyre being fed.[/QUOTE] At the age of 3?

This is a good thing. Being fat is not a good thing. Good.

[QUOTE=Shinycow;43662021]This is a good thing. Being fat is not a good thing. Good.[/QUOTE] being obese is bad being overweight probably doesn't matter much at all honestly

This could either be good or bad depending on what "fat" is.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43662018]At the age of 3?[/QUOTE] If you have a kid its probably tempting to just place the bastard in front of a picture box to get some time for yourself.

If I ever have a daughter I'm going to try and teach her to prefer the toys that involved the largest amount of environmental destruction to manufacture. More plastic? Better toy!

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662037]If you have a kid its probably tempting to just place the bastard in front of a picture box to get some time for yourself.[/QUOTE] I somewhat doubt the children will have been fed such a norm by such a young age.

[QUOTE=Shinycow;43662021]This is a good thing. Being fat is not a good thing. Good.[/QUOTE] Also kids are supposed to be overfed, you should cram them with as much proteine, vitamin and calcium as you possibly can, not sugar and processed fat mind you. And being slightly overweight is arguably the most healthy type of body you can have on average.

"stop crying, you look fucking fat when you cry"

[QUOTE=Shinycow;43662021]This is a good thing. Being fat is not a good thing. Good.[/QUOTE] Yep, doing a great job teaching your daughter to be accepting of other people this way. Then again, it doesn't matter because everyone is already broken and unfixable by the time you get into middleschool.

It could be biological or social. People always underestimate the power of socialization. People can be influenced from an extremely early age. In SOME cases, they are actually MOST influenced within the first year.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662048]Also kids are supposed to be overfed, you should cram them with as much proteine, vitamin and calcium as you possibly can, not sugar and processed fat mind you. And [B]being slightly overweight is arguably the most healthy type of body[/B] you can have on average.[/QUOTE] Uh no. Being overweight is not more healthy, that is why is is considered over weight. [editline]25th January 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662005]Said kids probably watch disney channel and other such pop-crap, so ofcourse theyll conform to the norm theyre being fed.[/QUOTE] If you read the article they actually think it is related to how parents act. Mothers always trying to lose weight etc, not TV media.

[QUOTE=Rhenae;43662130]Uh no. Being overweight is not more healthy, that is why is is considered over weight.[/QUOTE] Well its an arbitrary measure, probably set by social standards rather than actual medicinal data, You are more likely to be resistant to disease, and you are definitely more protected from injury, cuts bruises and bludgeoning, aswell as cold, if you have about an inch of bodyfat around your muscles. Its simply the way our biology is structured. [editline]25th January 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Rhenae;43662130]If you read the article they actually think it is related to how parents act. Mothers always trying to lose weight etc, not TV media.[/QUOTE] Its still a social stigma though. Perpetuated by social media among other things.

[B]thin privilege is real!!1 [/B]

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662173]Well its an arbitrary measure, probably set by social standards rather than actual medicinal data, You are more likely to be resistant to disease, and you are definitely more protected from injury, cuts bruises and bludgeoning, aswell as cold, if you have about an inch of bodyfat around your muscles. Its simply the way our biology is structured. [editline]25th January 2014[/editline] Its still a social stigma though. Perpetuated by social media among other things.[/QUOTE] You could say being overweight leads to more paddig for physical injuries. But you become a larger target and potentially slower. But muscles that are maintained can be just as good for resisting physical injuries.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662173]Well its an arbitrary measure, probably set by social standards rather than actual medicinal data, You are more likely to be resistant to disease, and you are definitely more protected from injury, cuts bruises and bludgeoning, aswell as cold, if you have about an inch of bodyfat around your muscles. Its simply the way our biology is structured. [/QUOTE] hey can we get a source to these claims

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662173]Well its an arbitrary measure, probably set by social standards rather than actual medicinal data, You are more likely to be resistant to disease, and you are definitely more protected from injury, cuts bruises and bludgeoning, aswell as cold, if you have about an inch of bodyfat around your muscles. Its simply the way our biology is structured.[/QUOTE] Overweight is anything considered not optimal health wise, as defined for medical use at least what is considered "fat" by societal standards is of course a very different story. Obese is when it becomes a substantial medical concern, So while overweight isn't terrible or life threatening it certainly also isnt going to be optimal, otherwise it would be the suggested weight.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662173]Well its an arbitrary measure, probably set by social standards rather than actual medicinal data,[/QUOTE] What the hell are you going on about? The cutoff points by which someone is diagnosed over-weight or obesity are both based on actual medicinal data.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662173]Well its an arbitrary measure, probably set by social standards rather than actual medicinal data, You are more likely to be resistant to disease, and you are definitely more protected from injury, cuts bruises and bludgeoning, aswell as cold, if you have about an inch of bodyfat around your muscles. Its simply the way our biology is structured. [editline]25th January 2014[/editline] Its still a social stigma though. Perpetuated by social media among other things.[/QUOTE] the disease resistant and the "protected from injury" thing =bullshit I can however confirm #4

Also, i would think some kids prefer to play with toys similar to themselves. I know when I used to play with the older GIJoes, I played mainly with the one the resembled me the most. I can't be the only person who put themselves onto their toys.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;43662173]You are more likely to be resistant to disease, and you are definitely more protected from injury, cuts bruises and bludgeoning, aswell as cold, if you have about an inch of bodyfat around your muscles. Its simply the way our biology is structured.[/QUOTE] [citation needed]

They need to check their thin privilege CIS scum! Next they'll be thinking they are female because they have mammarys, vagina's, and different biologies than males! The nerve of some people!

[QUOTE=Rhenae;43662130]Uh no. Being overweight is not more healthy, that is why is is considered over weight.[/QUOTE] Well, the baselines for overweight and obese have been decreased over the years. As far as I know, the baseline for [i]underweight[/i] hasn't increased. It stands to reason that a bit over is less harmful than a bit under, although they're definitely called over and underweight for a purpose.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43662018]At the age of 3?[/QUOTE] actually we don't know how much it affects or not, but it does have an effect. [QUOTE]Can a very young child understand what's on TV? Probably more than we realize, but more research is necessary. Examining children's comprehension of TV programs is no easy task, but here's what the research that's been done so far has revealed: When television content is not understandable to children, they pay less attention to it. Likewise, the proportion of time that children look directly at the television screen increases during the preschool years. Children as young as two years old were found to have established beliefs about specific brands that were promoted by television advertising and parental behavior. One-year-olds avoided an object after they watched an actress react negatively to it on video, suggesting that infants can apply emotional reactions seen on television to guide their own behavior.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/article-faq.html#research[/url] [QUOTE=l337k1ll4;43662030]This could either be good or bad depending on what "fat" is.[/QUOTE] considering this is the most popular "thin" doll, its likely quite bad. [IMG]http://itsmyviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/katrina-kaif-in-barbie-doll-dress.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=person11;43662121]It could be biological or social.[/quote] Well on the bright side, little suzy and bouncing billy will stand up to the fit overlords and demand to eat candy and ignore vegetables. Like they always have.

[QUOTE=person11;43662121]It could be biological or social. People always underestimate the power of socialization. People can be influenced from an extremely early age. In SOME cases, they are actually MOST influenced within the first year.[/QUOTE] It doesn't really make sense for it to be biological. Until very recently in human history being fat would be seen as something extremely positive since it meant you had excess food.

I'll tell you now, if someone gave me a morbidly obese action man when I was young he would have been the one I threw off of buildings.