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Are celebrities setting us a good example with their weight? Are they too skinny, and does it really matter? Are you sick of all the celeb diets? Would you change the way you look to be like a celebrity? 

Red Devil - "I think if people are happy with themselves, celebs included, then it doesn't matter how fat or thin you are (as long as you're healthy)"

Ducky -  "I think it is defiantly wrong for celebrities to be too thin because teenagers, especially girls, are inclined to copy them which puts them at risk of illness and other nasty things."

Gemma - "I think some celebs are too thin and need to stop worrying about what others think of them and just get a grip! But some just have a nice figure. I don't think it matters the size of people because look at Dawn French, she's bloody hilarious!!"

Superstar girl - "Seeing celebrities doesn't make me want to change my size. I'm just average. Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham have both looked ill in the past so I don't see why people would want to change and look ill."

James - "I think that celebs can look like anything that they want, if they think being thin gives them a better look, then hey?, why not. I myself am not pressured by the way they look and fell it is my choice about my size. "

Julia - "Why don't they just eat like the rest of us, and exercise! Exercising is healthier than dieting anyway, and it sets a good example."

Anna - "Celebs (unless they are models) are out there to show off their talent not their appearance. I think we all need to remember that. People should eat if they are hungry! It doesn't matter if celebs and other people choose to make themselves ill by not eating properly."

Danni - "I think they should be sending out a better message. Who cares if you don't look like a stick insect? It's these diets that start most of the bullying because you don't look like a star that has been on a diet."

Emily - "Leave the celebs alone! If they didn't stay thin, journalists and news reporters would insult their weight! Look at what happened to Kelly Clarkson! I think it's the fault of the tabloids."

Sophia - "I think some celebs must be pretty stupid to go through dangerous diets. They should take the time to actually go outside and maybe do some exercise."

Kirsty - "Celebs are always going on about losing weight. Children wanna look like celebs, so they start losing weight and sometimes get seriously hurt. I think you should appriciate the way your body is."

Tamar - "Celebrities are under pressure to look good. If Beyonce was fat and ugly she wouldn't be a star no matter how talented she is. Which is a bad thing because it puts so much pressure on her, and just makes the problem worse for kids who are worried about their looks."

Zoe - "Celebrities do set a bad example, and the media always says so. On the other hand, this is often followed by reports of 'child obesity' etc. etc. So perhaps we shouldn't just blame the celebrities."

Jacob - "My big sister eats hardly anything because she sees how slim all the celebs are. I don't think they should tell people how much they eat because it makes people feel really bad because they eat more than them."

Gemma - "Lots of people idolise Beyonce and kids are going to think that starving yourself to lose weight is a good idea because it works for her. It's even worse because she seems *proud* of it and she says that she doesn't think she's thin enough, when she's a lot thinner than most of us will ever be. She's suggesting that we should all be obsessive about the way we look, and if she turns anorexic, that's her fault."

Lou - "My friend didn't eat much at all for 3 months and lost 2 stone. She encouraged me to do the same, I felt a lot of pressure from the media and my friends to be thin. I started just eating apples and collapsed because of malnutrition. I think Beyonce should be putting out a better message."

Ryan - "I think its terrible when these celebrities start going on about how they only eat this and that and exercise here and there! There are so many people who suffer because of watching their weight or eating too little, and here they are attention seeking when they have enough written about them every day of the week! So many children and young people look up to these people, and when they speak out like this its really damaging for these children who immediately start copying them! Celebrities need to think before they speak!!"

Liberty - "Celebs become a joke in the media world, and take off the importance of how eating disorders are extremely dangerous.. they don't realise how their fans will do anything to be like them.."

Sarah - "Celebs are under pressure to look good but people can't put the blame on them because kids like us copy them. They can not control our actions, only we can!"

Imogen - "They ought to try to use the brains God gave them to realise they're setting a terrible example to kids. I'm quite big for my age but I realise now that size doesn't matter."

 

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