Could the Sketcher Shape-Ups hurt young girls' body image?

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Today in the C-block we're talking about young girls and body image. It's one thing for diet and fitness fads to target adults, but what about when they trickle down to young girls.

You may have heard of those Sketcher Shape-ups. Now there are ones that target girls. 

The shoes are marketed as though they will help a woman tone.
Should young girls be thinking about toning? Here's another thing about the controversial kid-driven shoe, there are no shape-ups for boys.

What do you think? Should they be taken off the market? Or do you think that girls get their body image from their mothers and sisters, and the images on TV don't matter?

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