Jennifer Lawrence's Heartfelt Commentary on Body Image: "It's Something That Really Bothers Me"

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Jennifer Lawrence treats the topic of body image with the refreshing candor and thoughtfulness you'd expect from the Oscar winner: What are you going to be? Hungry every day? That's just dumb.
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