There is no doubt that in today's society and culture the accepted image for a woman is to be thin. Women and young girls are surrounded by images of thin women on television and magazines. Although most women will never be as thin as the images shown to them, it is an image that they want to capture so they can feel worthy or accepted in today's society. When women cannot capture this image, sadly they feel unacceptable or "less than" because they cannot have the weight or body image that is ideal or accepted in our society. Many women and those with eating disorders have failed to love and accept themselv

can't make the media go away nor can we snap our fingers and change the fashion industry however we can make a change within ourselves. We can teach our young people that what we wear and what we buy doesn't make us who we are. Perhaps embedding this message in our young people will help them to truly realize that what's on the inside is more important that what you see on the outside.

The diet industry is just another industry that focuses on shape, size and body image as a whole. Diets can be the starting point for any eating disorder and it's why they can be so dangerous. In the past, users of diet products have been shown by advertisers young, pretty, slim and carefree women. Any woman seeing these advertisements may feel that being smaller will bring happiness, acceptance and even success especially if she already feels badly about herself and body image. The diet industry depends and relies on women believing what diets and diet products can do for them. In turn, many women will start to deprive themselves and use diet plans and products and will eat what someone tells her to eat because she may feel they know what's better for her and she feels unacceptable as she is and wants to be what society will accept. When and if the woman leaves the diet she may turn to a binge/starve cycle that can lead to the onset of Bulimia and even Anorexia. Eating disor!

ders are extreme ways of which women relate to food however women are vulnerable and somewhat open to the ideas of diets and what they can bring. The public needs to become aware of the dangers of dieting. There are many reputable diet companies out there and I don't think it's fair to label them all as bad. There are wonderful and successful diet programs that have been proven successful and have truly helped people feel better about themselves. I think it's up to each consumer to investigate and education themselves on any diet programs or diet products. I think weight loss programs are best when u

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