This video gives the proportions of an average sized girl compared to the proportions of Barbie. Obviously, Barbie's proportions are absolutely ridiculous. If a human were to have her proportions, her body would be extremely and utterly unhealthy. As the picture below shows, her ribs would be very narrow and would thus crush everything inside of them.
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The picture on the left shows a woman with the proportions of Barbie drawn on her. The picture on the right shoes the same woman with these proportions applied to her body. Unreal, isn't it? Barbie represents a not achievable unrealistic body. Her waist is too small and her neck and face are too thin. Her body is not in actuality ideal to humans. She is simply a doll with unrealistic standards.
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"The promotion of dolls with such a body shape, and other things like size zero, have wider public health implications, like an increased risk of eating disorders."--Janet Treasure, an expert on body size at Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London.