CATDOLL: A spokesperson for an American education group said: Anime characters with too ideal body shapes have a bad influence on children

The growth and health of children is what parents care about most. Parents are often unable to cover 100% of their children's education. At this time, the educational animations that children like, and even some animations for teenagers when they grow up, become another place for children to learn knowledge. Therefore, the various contents of the animations are also what everyone cares about most.

Recently, a spokesperson for the American education group Project Know said that the average body shape of young people in the United States has changed dramatically over the past 40 years, with the proportion of obese children rising from 5% in the early years to 21% now. The "ideal body shape that cannot be achieved in reality" of the characters in animation will have a very bad impact on children. Because modern teenagers are frequently exposed to the media during their growth, they are sensitive and will feel uneasy and inferior about their body shape because of the "overdeveloped muscles or slender figures of the characters in animation". According to data, 18.5% of boys under the age of 12 are dissatisfied with their body shape, and many even choose to use drugs to increase muscle. The proportion of girls who "want to have a slender figure like a model" is as high as 20.1%.

Therefore, in the view of "Project Know", the image of characters in future animation works should be more in line with the average body shape of teenagers in current reality, and even proposed some "solution diagrams".

The characters in "Sailor Moon" are too thin, they should be made plumper.

In "Dragon Ball", Son Gohan's muscles are too developed and he should be made thinner.

Robin in "Teen Titans" is too thin, he needs to be more muscular.

Alex in "Spy Girls" is too thin, needs to be changed!