The Media Causes Eating Disorders

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During your lifetime 250,000 people will die due to an eating disorder. Is this really the type of society we want to be a part of? One which causes people to die needlessly due to media influences which cause the augmentation of a detrimental body image? In the eyes of society emaciated celebrities are the embodiment of perfection. This media ideal of thinness presents society with an unrealistic body image and is projected through the means of television, commercials and magazines, causing women to replicate this ideal. False idealism is the jurisdiction of the 21st century with the number of teenage girls in Britain being admitted to hospital due to anorexia doubling in the last decade. The fundamental reason I chose this topic is because of how it has recently dominated headlines and magazines, portraying a ‘perfect’ body image and I wanted to research why this is assumed. In order to decide on this topic I read through antecedent information which enabled me to refine and refocus my topic several times before finalizing it. I then wrote out they key format of my project including the project title and from there drew out the main concepts which were eating disorders, body image and the media. An eating disorder is an obsessive attitude to food which manifests itself in an irrational craving for, or avoidance of, food. The perfect body measurements appear to be height 5”8’, Waist 24 inches, Hips 28 inches and a weight of around 146 pounds. The media places much stress on obtaining this so-called ‘utopian’ body image and society pays a significant amount of attention to this physical attractiveness, youthfulness and appearance. No matter how hard someone tries, they will never achieve the look and figure of the supermodels ye... ... middle of paper ... ...rily for the title, with only a few issues contradicting. The majority of my research confirmed what I already knew, with a couple of hitches and controversial facts encountered throughout my project. Throughout my project I considered various other views, including those of previous eating disorder sufferers and this has swayed and aided the success of my project. I believe I have considered most views associated with the media and body image which has helped me to present a balanced argument. When embarking on my project it was important to take into account the various views associated with eating disorders. In my opinion eating disorders are already a key, modern day issue surrounding the 21st century and the media is just DEEPENING THE EFFECT. My research has highlighted the extensive and CONTROVERSIAL impact the media has on females views on body image.

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