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They didn't have a size 0 when I was growing up. I was 14 years old, 5'8" and 76 lbs when I started high school.

I guess I could have used a size zero long then.

I think the trend came out of tweens and teens wanting to wear adult fashions. Mary-Kate and Ashley said they started their clothing line because they had to buy adult clothes and have them tailored because there were no cool clothes in girl sizes.

Instead of shopping in the Juniors section, now teens go directly to the adult section and choose the smallest sizes. Size zero is a sick goal for average adults. But I can see the appeal for kids.

One thing I remember from the '90s... I went to school in the UK in '94 and when I returned in the '00s, I was appalled when I saw how skinny the girls had become. The average weight looked like it had dropped by 20 lbs. I saw first hand what anorexia and bulimia were doing. I agree it's a HUGE problem in England on a scale no one can help but noticing. I was appalled and sick when I saw the waifs where I had formally seen apple cheeked, healthy girls. I haven't to date seen anything like that phenomenon in the US and I hope I don't.

~nelly~

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