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And we think it's for all of these reasons that they take more risks with things like alcohol and drug use;
基于以上理由，我們認為他們有更高的風險去做那些像酗酒、吸毒、
crash dieting; cosmetic surgery; unprotected, earlier sex;and self-harm.
快速減肥、整容、無防護措施以及過早的性交和自殘這樣的事情。
The pursuit of the perfect body is putting pressure on our healthcare systems
對完美身材的追求正使醫保系統飽受壓力
and costing our governments billions of dollars every year.
并且每年要花費政府數十億美元。
And we don't grow out of it.
而且我們并不會因為長大而放棄追求完美身材。
Women who think they're overweight a again,
那些認為自己超重的婦女—不管她們
regardless of whether they are or are not a have higher rates of absenteeism.
是否真的超重,會有更高的缺勤率。
Seventeen percent of women would not show up to a job interview on a day when they weren't feeling confident about the way that they look.
17%的女性會因為某天感覺對自己的長相不自信而不去參加那天的面試。
Have a think about what this is doing to our economy.
想一下這對我們的經濟會有什么影響。
If we could overcome this, what that opportunity looks like.
如果我們能克服這些，將會帶來哪些機會。
Unlocking this potential is in the interest of every single one of us.
釋放這個潛能將有益于我們每一個人。
But how do we do that?
但是我們該如何去做呢？
Well, talking, on its own, only gets you so far.
單獨的空談，也就只能到此為止了。
It's not enough by itself.
它本身是不夠的。
If you actually want to make a difference,
如果你真的想有所改變，
you have to do something.
你得去做點什么。
And we've learned there are three key ways:
而我們了解到這里有三個關鍵的方法：
The first is we have to educate for body confidence.
首先我們得培養自己對身體充滿信心。
We have to help our teenagers develop strategies to overcome image-related pressures and build their self-esteem.
我們得幫助青少年想出策略去克服跟形象有關的壓力并且建立他們的自尊心。
Now, the good news is that there are many programs out there available to do this.
好消息是現在已經有許多這樣的項目。
The bad news is that most of them don't work.
壞消息是大多數這樣的項目沒有效。
I was shocked to learn that many well-meaning programs are inadvertently actually making the situation worse.
我很震驚地了解到許多善意的項目卻無意中使得情況更糟糕了。
