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Peer influence was negligible. Independent of age and body mass index, both girls (odds ratio [OR]): 1.9; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1\u20133.1) and boys (OR: 2.7; 95% CI: 1.1\u20136.4) who were making a lot of effort to look like same-sex figures in the media were more likely than their peers to become very concerned with their weight. Moreover, both girls (OR: 2.3; 95% CI: 1.1\u20135.0) and boys (OR: 2.6; 95% CI: 1.1\u20136.0) who reported that their thinness\/lack of fat was important to their father were more likely than their peers to become constant dieters.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions.<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our results suggest that parents and the media influence the development of weight concerns and weight control practices among preadolescents and adolescents. 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