advertisements, billboards: everywhere. Standing in the line at the grocery store, flipping

through a magazine, or just glancing at the advertisements on television. It is quite

evident by looking at the emaciated pictures of young women and surprisingly men too,

what the media considers as the "ideal" figure. This perception society has created, plays a

major part in our countries obsession with thinness and extreme dieting. America's

obsession with health and diets and the fashion industry and television exhibiting waif thin

models as "sexy and voluptuous", gives a distorted notion sending many young women the

wrong idea about body image. In today's society these eating problems, such as anorexia

and bulimia, are becoming all too common. Yet, the question still remains, what are the

causes and factors contributing to this destructive behavior, and what kind of impact is the

media contributing to these problems?

Although there are only a few quantitative studies on the issue of eating disorders

and the link between the diseases and the media: the research that has been done is quite

informative and interesting. Hopefully though, in time

students, family life is also another key factor.

America is held up as a role model." Caballero fears that excessively thin winners will

too think that is they are thin then they will be accepted and therefore, happy. Many girls

the magazines while standing in line at the grocery store. Most of them claim to also have

along with others, withstanding the normal coming and going as students leaving for

commitment, help, and support, so instead of reaching out and expressing their

Looking at the television one can easily notice all of the ads and diet commercials

men are starving their bodies and souls to fit what our culture has considered to be "ideal."

of what our society says is unacceptable and is looked down upon: being fat. If a child is

college environment. Living in a dorm or apartment with other students means getting

some sort of disordered eating, whether it be anorexia, bulimia, or compulsive over eating

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