Allie is interested in fashion, and hopes to be a designer someday. She spends a lot of free time looking at fashion magazines for ideas. Allie may be susceptible to a sociocultural factor that contributes to the development of eating disorders in girls and women. This is __________

a. the decrease in body size ideal for women
b. peer pressure to conform to unhealthy eating behavior
c. the increase in economic pressure for acquiring food
d. the increase in the number of single parent homes


Ans: the decrease in body size ideal for women

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