NEWS FLASH : THANKS TO THE MEDIA, EATING DISORDER CASES ARE AT RECORD NUMBERS
             Smartly attired in a micro-miniskirt, the young attorney makes her way through the courtroom. It's Monday night at nine o' clock. Women across the country are glued to FOX saying to themselves, "Wow, I wish I was as thin as her." "Perfect" women displayed in the media may appeal to many viewers, but eating disorders are becoming the backlash of the popularity.
             Everywhere you turn, on television, in, magazines, and in movies, "thin is in." TV shows like Ally McBeal, Total Request Live, and countless music video seen on MTV and VH1 are showing females "the average girl." "The average girl" is shown as beautiful, thin, and essentially- perfect (Cain 2). This is never true and some girls don't realize it (Cain 2). Actresses also try to keep their "flawless" image up while attending award shows and other public events. Actresses and singers have more recently become a major influence in how people think they should look (Lewis 3). Not only do you watch their music videos and see how they are dressed, just listening to their songs gives you visualization (Lewis 3). Models are on the covers of every magazine in the grocery store (Lewis 3). Movie magazines, TV Guides, and most other magazines use models to front their ads (Lewis 3). "Women can't even open a Martha Stewart Living magazine without a beautiful, thin woman jumping off the page," says shopper Marie Sanders (Lewis 2)
             Eating disorders are a leading health problem among young women today. More than 10% of all girls from ages 13-19 have eating disorders or have had eating disorder
             tendencies ("Bulimia: Life" 1). First signs of a eating disorder may be a person's over exaggeration to their weight (especially if they are NOT overweight) ("Bulimia: Life" 1). With b
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