The Media and Negative Body Image

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The Media and Negative Body Image Picture the world controlled by the media. Could you imagine how ugly, scarce, and hateful it would be. What would you do if a magazine or a television show told you that your body weight had to be twenty pounds lighter to be all most perfect? Would you actually consider the fact or let ignore it? Teens, mainly girls, will be sucked into these magazines. (National Eating Disorders Info Centre 15) These could be magazines like Seventeen and Cosmo Girl. In addition with many others of course. All though, the media is a bad example at times it is not precisely the main issue for negative body image. (National Eating Disorders Association 1) All though, these constant screaming messages the media produces can progress to something more serious. (National Eating Disorders Association 1) More serious as in an eating disorder. What you are about to encounter and learn may one day save a family member‘s life, a friend‘s life, or perhaps even your own. Hopefully you will never come across what is called an eating disorder. Present are many eating disorders. Some of which include: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating, and purging. Eating disorders can be very dangerous. On occasion they can even lead to death. There are ten million females and one million males that fight a life or death battle with an eating disorder. (National Eating Disorders Association 9) Exactly twenty-five million more struggle with Binge Eating without realizing. (National Eating Disorders Association 9) researchers attacking this puzzling illness are scattered across the country. With only few medical articles and conferences on these disorders there are not many opportunities to pursue the cures. (Cauwels 18) Further more, only a vast amount of research has been done on the subject of eating disorders. However, for some reason to believe, experts suspect that problems with the hypothalamus gland or other parts of the body’s hormone system may increase a person’s chances of having an eating disorder. (Eranger 29) Eating patterns can be triggered by anxiety and/or stress. (Maloney 29) Emotional problems are the main concerns. Many eating disorders have been proven to emerge during adolescence and often serve to more serious problems. Some teen girls will suffer with anorexia. They will starve themselves down to the point where they are skeletal thi... ... middle of paper ... ... 1. Females a. Menstruating stops b. Emotional 2. Need attention D. Emotions: 1. Lonely 2. Confused 3. Isolated feeling 4. Rejected E. Depression in/at: 1. Environment a person lives 2. Work 3. School F. Strugglers: 1. 10 million females 2. 1 million males 3. 25 million more binge G. Consequences 1. Anxiety depressions 2. Severe stomach pains 3. Headaches 4. dizziness ~the refrence~ “Arrhythmias.” The World Book Dictionary. 1986 ed. Baskino, and White.. Bulimarexia. 2nd Ed. New York: NY. W.W. Norton & Company Inc, 1991. Cauwels, Janice M. Bulimia. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983. “Depression.” CQ Researcher. 1992 ed. “Eating Disorders.” http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p,asp?webpage_id=291. Online: National Eating Disorders Association, 2002. “Eating Disorders.” http://www.nedic.ca/. Online: National Eating Disorders Info Centre, 2004. Eranger, Ellan. Eating Disorders. Minneapolis: Minn, Learner Publications Company, 1988. Maloney, Michael, and Rachel Kranz. Straight Talk About Anxiety and Depression. New York: Dell Publishing, 1991. Tauber, Michelle, and Jill Smolowe. “Mary-Kate’s Private Battle.” People. July 2004L. 54-58

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