rs and researchers have argued that changes in eating
             disorder epidemiology over the past several decades bear a curiously close
             resemblance to changes in mass media representations of women's bodies
             throughout the same time span". (Harrison)
             A brief history of the changing perception of what is considered to be
             a desirable female form also reveals something of the causes for the
             increase in eating disorders. Since the 1950's there has been a significant
             increase in very thin models in media advertisements.
             Gagnard (1986) reported a significant increase in thin models in
             popular magazine advertisements from 1950 to 1984, with a high of 46%
             reached in the latter year. Andersen and DiDomenico (1992) found that
             a sample of popular women's magazines contained approximately 10 times
             as many dieting advertisements and diet-relat
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