Growing obsession of appearance among youth Growing obsession of apppearence amongs youth . Around the pool on a Florida vacation, an 8-year-old girl in a polka-dot bathing suit looks at the girl in line ahead of her for the waterslide. As her eyes go to the girl's waist, she sucks in her own tummy and reaches down to run her hands over the hollow she has created beneath her ribs, deep in thought. * * * It used to be that girls didn't worry about how their bodies looked until they hit their teens. But today, girls as young as 6 years old care deeply about their reflections in the mirror and many of them do not like what they see In fact, a full 50 percent of children from 8 to 10 years old report being "unhappy" with their bodies, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Nine-year-old Saray has complained to her mother that she is fat, that she wants to join a gym and that she hates her hair and body. She says she wants to be "hot" like Zend...