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This is absolutely ridiculous.

Take a look at the picture (above). Can you pick out the "fat" cheerleader?

You heard us. FitPerez.com is being told exclusively that the Denver Broncos apparently think one of these gorgeous women is fat!

The beautiful blonde on the left, Jenna Jaeger, was told by her coach that she's too fat.

An inside source told us:

"[Jenna was] told by the coach today she is too fat to cheer this weekend at the home broncos game and will not be allowed to dance til she loses weight."

That's awful! She is totally fit! What is wrong with some people?

This is why so many young girls have eating disorders… calling a beautiful, in shape woman "fat."

You're gorgeous, gurl, don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

P.S. Check out more pics of the "fat" cheerleader below. Ridiculous!

Lucy Hale recently did an interview with Cosmo.

In it, she opened up about something she doesn't normally talk about… her body image issues.

A recent study found that just because a woman gets older, doesn't mean she's any more comfortable with her body.

Apparently 62% of women over the age of 50 reported that their weight negatively impacted their lives.

Olivia Wilde has always been a skinny lady.

When she broke up with her husband though, she ended up losing then gaining weight in a pretty unhealthy way.

Scarlett Johansson is the best!

She's tired of hearing tabloids talk about her "crazy crash diets" and the impossible amounts of weight she's losing in incredibly short amounts of time.

So she had to write about weight and body image, and address several issues brought up in the media. She wrote:

Now we have yet another reason to not let young kids on the Internet.

A new study from the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt in Maryland surveyed 600 Facebook users between 16 and 40-years-old.

Over half of those people said that Facebook makes them feel more self-conscious about their bodies and weight.

What's surprising is men were some of those surveyed with the most negative feelings.

More women admitted they'd like to lose weight, but men were more vocal about their own opinions, literally posting negative comments about their own weight.

The associate director of the center that did the study said:

"People are now constantly aware of their appearance, thanks to Facebook. A common reaction is, 'I need to be thinner' And it's that kind of thinking that can lead to hazardous dieting. Facebook is an influential factor in developing severe eating disorders."

The worst part is the new Facebook timeline. It can so easily show a person how much better they used to look.

That can lead to depression, which can lead to eating disorders, which can lead to a multitude of health problems.

If you can't stop staring at pictures and judging yourself on Facebook, then maybe it's time to log off.

[Image via WENN.]

We had no idea people actually did this but apparently it happens enough that Instagram had to take action.

We're talking about Instagrams that promote eating disorders and other self-destructive behaviors.

It was allegedly getting to be such a problem that the photo-sharing social networking site released a statement:

"Don’t promote or glorify self-harm: While Instagram is a place where people can share their lives with others through photographs, any account found encouraging or urging users to embrace anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders; or to cut, harm themselves, or commit suicide will result in a disabled account without warning.

We believe that communication regarding these behaviors in order to create awareness, come together for support and to facilitate recovery is important, but that Instagram is not the place for active promotion or glorification of self-harm."

It seems that all of that should go without saying but we guess there are some confused people out there.

We feel like if someone is using Instagram to share photos that promote self-destruction, then it may be more a cry for help than some sadistic attempt to harm others.

We feel so bad for anyone who feels the need to have an account like that and hope that if they get their Instagram account disabled it'll be a small wake up call to change their lives.

[Image via Twitter.]