It is not surprising that eating disorders are increasing because of the value society places on being thin. In North America, women are given the message at a very young age that in order to be happy and successful, they must be thin. Every time you walk into a store you are surrounded by the images of emaciated models that appear on the front cover of all fashion magazines. Thousands of teenage girls are starving themselves this very minute trying to have what the fashion industry considers to be the "ideal" figure. According to www.mirrorimage.org, " The average model weighs 23% less than the average woman." Teenagers need to realize that society's ideal body image is not possible. The photos we see in magazines are not real either. Many people don't realize that those photos have gone through many touch ups and have bee
Also, what about a doll that we have all grown to love...Barbie. Barbie and dolls just like her are another example of how society plays a role in eating disorders. Kids play with Barbies and think that they should look like her, she's beautiful, long blonde hair, big breasted, tall and thin and she even has a handsome boy toy Ken. If parents are going to let their kids play with dolls like Barbie, they should imform their children that these dolls are pretend because kids are very impressionable and look for role models in their live and they want to be just like them.
Teenagers are under a lot of pressure to be thin. They are lead to believe that the only way they can be accepted and fit in, is if they are thin. They resort to starving, vomiting and eating only diet foods to try and be thin. Television is a big influen
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