Eating disorders and the Media

advertisements, billboards: everywhere. Standing in the line at the grocery store, flipping

through a magazine, or just glancing at the advertisements on television. It is quite

evident by looking at the emaciated pictures of young women and surprisingly men too,

what the media considers as the "ideal" figure. This perception society has created, plays a

major part in our countries obsession with thinness and extreme dieting. America's

obsession with health and diets and the fashion industry and television exhibiting waif thin

models as "sexy and voluptuous", gives a distorted notion sending many young women the

wrong idea about body image. In today's society these eating problems, such as anorexia

and bulimia, are becoming all too common. Yet, the question still remains, what are the

causes and factors contributing to this destructive behavior, and what kind of impact is the

media contributing to these problems?

Although there are only a few quantitative studies on the issue of eating disorders

and the link between the diseases and the media: the research that has been done is quite

informative and interesting. Hopefully though, in time

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My sister informed me of one of her friends who

already takes diet pills!! Diet pills in eighth grade seems so unreal to me. The transition from high school to college is an important, most

being freshman and leaving home for the first time in their lives. It is

unfortunate that in today's society, people have forgotten what is inside a person that

counts, not what is on the outside. People come in all shapes and sizes, and should be accepted

them for who they are not what they look like. Students who study late at

night and become hungry cannot access healthy food like they would at home.

Models and actresses today at most wear half that size. In a recent edition of People

magazine, a researcher analyzed and studied the rise in eating disorders among college

campuses, and came up with some surprising conclusions. It is also very unfortunate that so many young women and

men are starving their bodies and souls to fit what our culture has considered to be "ideal. For students who

already feel vulnerable to problem eating, this situation can may cause more feelings of

helplessness, thus worsening the problem even more. because Miss

America is held up as a role model. For many young women,

poor eating habits evolve as a way of exerting some sort of control in a difficult family

situation. Those

who came from a family with such problems also reported suffering from other conditions

such as: depression, social phobia, and hostility. It is no wonder that one in six female college students has some sort of

disordered eating( McMurray 30). Billions of dollars are spent

trying to look the way society tells us we need to look. Also,

certain variables also contribute to a young women's problem with food.

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