Eating_Disorders

Eating Disorders It is not surprising that eating disorders are increasing because of the value society places on being thin. In North America, women are given the message at a very young age that in order to be happy and successful, they must be thin. Every time you walk into a store you are surrounded by the images of emaciated models that appear on the front cover of all fashion magazines. Thousands of teenage girls are starving themselves this very minute trying to have what the fashion industry considers to be the "ideal" figure. According to www.mirrorimage.org, " The average model weighs 23% less than the average woman." Teenagers need to realize that society's ideal body image is not possible. The photos we see in magazines are not real either. Many people don't realize that those photos have gone through many touch ups and have been air-brushed to make the models look perfect. Teenagers are under a lot of pressure to be thin. They are lead to believe that the only way they can be accepted and fit in, is if they are thin. They resort to starving, vomiting and eating only diet foods to try and be thin. Television is thin, society, eating, look, just, disorders, diet, very, shows, should, role, models, make, magazines, kids, ideal, dolls, big, young, work, weight, watch, tv, trying, try, through, themselves, television, teenagers, starving, resort, realize, plays, play, photos