A new research has revealed that mothers use variety of strategies to mitigate risks to daughters' body image. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) research demonstrates how Jewish mothers' emphasis on the many aspects of well-being fitness and a sense of self-fulfillment helps to counteract the innumerable ideal body images seen and heard by their daughters in the mass media. The new study focuses on how Jewish mothers instilled resilience in their daughters to combat body dissatisfaction which can lead to eating disorders. It included 20 pairs of mothers and adult-age daughters and eight other pairs of just mothers or
