As Americans all know anorexia is a serious mental problem taking over our nation today. Anorexia is an eating disorder caused by self starvation. Although anorexia is not just a problem concerning food or weight, it substituting food and weight to deal with the real psychological and emotional problems such as a death in the family, personal reasons, stress and so on. Many cases of Anorexia typically come from the white, middle to upper class families that place heavy emphasis on achievement, perfection, and physical appearance. Before I propose one of my solutions let me tell you why I think this problem can be solved. Anorexia is mostly a problem because of the standards of mass media. The tall slender body is the image that every girl wants to become. Many girls believe that if they weigh so much they would be happier. Peoples self esteem is the major contributor to anorexia cases. It all begins back in grade school when kids would tease each other about their appe
arance. As a result, one way the kids can prevent being teased is by eliminating any possible reasons for being teases such as their weight. This is when kids start to have eating disorders. Since the kids being teased no longer felt confident in themselves they became anorexic to make them feel better.
Now that you understand that my first solution may not work I propose a second solution. I feel we should eliminate all the fuss about diet products. Advertisements for Jenny Craig, Slim Fast, Metabolite, and diet pills or any other diet products that make people doubt their appearance. These products are just telling people something is wrong with their appearance. I do realize in some cases that losing weight will make people feel better about them selves, but if they were happy with themselves in the first place then why would they have felt good to begin with. These products are a waste of time and money that does nothing but put the hope of being skinny to make people feel
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