I. Having a bad day , this could be why

B. Body image and cultural influences

VII. Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

no surprise that issues dealing with body image are on the rise. WE are

turning to the media as a role model to gain what is right.

One example of that is a survey condusted by Dr. Garten along with

Psychology Today. They asked 3,452 women a series of questions dealing with

different aspects of their self-esteem and their views on the role the media plays on

women. The women ranged in age from 13 to 90 and weighed between 77 pounds

and 365 pounds. 89 women weighed 100 or less comparec to a similar number of

82 women that weighed in at more then 250 pounds.

The 1997 survey showed increaded in the discomfort of Americans bodies

rather then recognizing reality. Although cigarette smoking has its own health

20% of college women in the U.S. are bulimic. Some dangers that bulimic face are

Everybody is concerned with their weight at some point in time. A lot of us have

Spears that set an example for adolescents. These are not the type of role models

Some topics in this essay:
Garten Psychology, Jowell Minster, Vleet Eating, Brittany Spears, VI Contributing, Miss America, III Looking, , Leo Buscaglia, eating disorders, body image, Ally McBeal, eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, nervosa bulimia nervosa, weight loss, short period, thin models, nervosa eating, nervosa bulimia, bulimia nervosa eating, anorexia nervosa bulimia,