Mimi Nichter discovered that adolescent girls are especially vulnerable to body image issues because:

a) they gain weight during puberty and feel critical of their own bodies.
b) they are often criticized by adolescent boys.
c) they are overeducated on nutrition and the development process.
d) they have been told by their parents that they are fat.


ANS: A

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