Energy that could be used to acquire positive goals is focused into feeling guilty and unhappy with one’s physical imperfections. We are bombarded today with images of the “perfect” women. The media is sending the message that if you don’t look like these women you only have yourself to blame for it. It’s an issue of willpower and if you don’t look perfect then that is something that you lack. “Studies have shown that while almost 25 years ago, the average model weighed 8% less than the average American women, today’s model weighs 23% below the national average” (http://zine.dal.net/editorial-life-thin.php). This displays how the media tries to convince the standard women that they should try and imitate these “ideal” women. In the article “One Picture Is Wor

The healthy desire to eat and nourish one’s body is often at war with ultra-thin images flaunted by the media. This is why Anorexia and Bulimia are on the rise in our nation today. As a result, some girls begin to diet excessively in order to reach that ideal, super-model body image. Some adolescent girls experiencing the body changes of puberty, (fuller hips, heavier breasts and a vastly changed body), use crash dieting as a futile attempt to get their childhood body back.

A girl who goes to the extreme begins to starve herself, sometimes exercising every chance she gets to become even thinner. She may suffer terribly from hunger pains, yet continue to deprive herself of food. One of the most frightening aspects of the disorder is that people with anorexia continue to think they are overweight even when they are bone-thin. Some girls begin to wear baggy clothing to hide their bodies, which they perceive to be unattractive. Some develop strange eating rituals, may refuse to eat in front of others, or pretend to eat food, only to pocket it and throw it away later. Frequently, anorexic girls are depressed and feel shameful of their bodies. Anorexia affects two out of every one hundred teenage girls; bulimia affects three out of every one hundr

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