Teenage girls are increasingly looking at fitness bloggers on Instagram and Facebook as role models but it is making them feel guilty that their bodies don't match up, new research shows. Associate Professor Claire Drummond from Flinders University set out to study what motivates or discourages girls aged 13 to 17 to do physical activity. But in her interviews with 75 teens she was surprised to find that most of them said their main role models were women who ran 'fitspo' or fitness inspiration pages. Scroll down for video Rebecca Lomas, from the NSW Central Coast, has 115,000 followers on Instagram and says she is mindful to portray a 'balanced' attitude for her young fans
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Flinders University studied what motivates girls 13-17 to exercise
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Teens are increasingly looking at fitness bloggers as role models
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The accounts made some girls feel self-conscious about their bodies
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But girls who were already active found the women motivational
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