Dying to be thin
Is the world of the famous pressuring us to be thin? With one touch of a button, all we have to do is turn on the TV and all we see are our favorite stars thin and beautiful. Then we have others who need to gain weight for “special” movies that need the character to gain weight. For example: Renee Zellweger needed to gain 20 pounds for the character Bridget Jones in her upcoming sequel. Courtney Thorne-Smith, was co-star of “Ally McBeal,” when she quit the hit television series, citing the pressure to lose weight. Anorexia Nervosa, the compulsion to starve yourself or drastically lose weight through obsessive exercise, vomiting, or use of laxatives, diuretics or diet pills, is the most dangerous of all psychiatric illnesses. Up to 15 percent of people with anorexia die of complications such as heart arrhythmia, kidney or liver damage and organ failure. Between two and five percent of people with anorexia commit suicide. Many skeptical people think eating disorders are a fad of the rich and famous (and those who want to be) In reality, eating disorders are serious illnesses that have been with us since ancient times. The early Romans were well known for bingeing and purging food. In the 9th Century, fo
These eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binging, and compulsive overeating. Sometimes the unhealthy eating pattern includes more than one disorder. Depression almost always accompanies serious eating disorders. llowers of St. Jerome starved themselves in the name of religion. Today, emaciated models and celebrities have made eating disorders glamorous. Zellweger was all shoulder blades and hip bones in Chicago, but lately she's drawn attention for the weight she added to reprise her role as Britain's favorite singleton in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. She first balked at gaining -- she added about 20 pounds for the 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary, prompting editors at Harper's Bazaar to pull her off the magazine's cover -- before relenting, purportedly after producers increased her paycheck by $112,000 for every pound gained. Critics and women’s organizations alike have criticized Hollywood for portraying women in an unhealthy light. Hollywood often hits back with the age old excuse of “The camera adds ten pounds,” thereby justifying the necessity of thin women. And if that doesn’t work they claim this is the image of women that audiences want and like, but is this true or our we just taking what Hollywood shoves down our throats? The only thing I know for sure is that the media is sending confusing and hurtful messages to women: A recent People magazine bemoaned the skinny bodies of people like Lara Flynn Boyle, but at the same time chastised Christina Aguilera for gaining a few pounds during her tour. My image is about how the world of television influences women everywhere to be thin. I know that it does bother me when I have to look at lara Flynn boyle or calista flockhart and many other actresses so thin and I wonder to myself maybe I should lose weight too.
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