... , and instead provide shallow opinions and superficial advice that ends up corrupting instead of improving. Some of the websites that target teenage girls are particularly influential. In trying to find teen-appropriate websites, I located three sites suggested by a "Teens Only" link site. All three turned out to be websites promoting popular teenage magazines; specifically, Seventeen, YM, and ... Teen People. During the tender teenage years, girls already have enough problems trying to distort their physical images to match those presented by the critical media. Certain TV stations such...

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... high calorie, foods and then forcing oneself to throw up. In order to be considered a bulimic, one must engage in excessive compensatory behaviors to avoid gaining weight, such as fasting, vomiting, and abusing laxatives at least twice a week over a period of three months. Some side effect of becoming a bulimic are ... way to impose a healthy attitude about eating and weight is to engage in healthy eating habits, but to not make it an obsession in the house hold and let them know it is OK to eat. If faced with having to treat a teen with an eating disorder, hospitalization and therapy ha...

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... weight, body shape, dieting, and exercise history, I found that 26% of the men and 48% of the women described themselves as overweight or having an unappealing body. To be able to make the answers to this questionnaire fair, I attempted to find people of about the same height and weight. The average height and weight ... was around 5"6 and weighting 140 lbs for girls and 6"0 and weight 250 for guys. Now knowing what the average height and weight of the person, it is surprising to know how many people ... think they are overweight, when really they fall under the normal weight category. ...

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... effect on a person's health. According to models com state the average American model is between 5'8 to 6'0 in height and between 90lb- 120lb. The average height and weight of women varies around the world, but in the United States in 2010 the average adult female height was 63.8 inches -- approximately 5-foot-4 -- and 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... people's attitudes and beliefs by emphasizing slenderness as a way to measure women's a self- worth. For example, when model Tyra Banks was criticized by viewers due to her weight gain. Furthermo...

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... media as sexual figures. Female athletes are then encouraged to meet this sexy standard, therefore, leading these superior athletes to focus on their weight, not their health or nutrition. The prestigious Princeton University addressed the female athlete triad for the National Collegiate Athletic Association handbook and stated ... of treatment. When exercising intensely and not eating recommended calories, hormones decrease that help regulate the menstrual cycle. It is common in a girl's teen years to miss a period and because of this, athletes will normally not report which leads to th...

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... Anorexia nervosa is the relentless pursuit of thinness by a person. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa refuses to maintain normal body weight for age and height. One medical symptom of anorexia nervosa is that the person weighs 85% or less than what is expected for age and ... height. A second medical symptom is that in women, menstrual periods stop. When a young girl is suffering from anorexia nervosa they do ... early. Some patients can be treated as outpatients, but some may need hospitalization to stabilize their dangerously low weight. Most of the complications experienced by...

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... made by family, friends and peers increases a poor sense of self. The high expectations of parents who are overly concerned about their daughters' weight and physical attractiveness may also put the girls at increased risk of developing an eating disorder. In addition, girls with eating disorders often have ... are as real and treatable diseases, therefore, is critically important. Some patients fully recover after a single episode and some have a fluctuating pattern of weight gain and relapse. Whilst others experience a chronically deteriorating course of illness over many years that ca...

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... nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. However, eating disorders are mostly presented in a human when they focus too much in their weight, body shape, and food, which lead into dangerous eating behaviors that affect the human body negatively. An individual who struggles with an eating ... harms the heart, bones, mouth, digestive system, and teeth leading to other diseases. Eating disorders are more often developed in young and teen adults, although they can develop at any age. It is stated that young girls and women are the primary victims of eating disorder ... When peopl...

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... thin images of models and actresses consume television and magazines, showcasing an unrealistic view of a "perfect" body image. The victims are usually young teen girls and young adult women, looking up to these faux role models and trying to set the standards for their own body images. As ... great are taking their toll on teenage girls in America. Throughout early adolescence, children may be teased and harassed by other children if their weight is even slightly above average (Brownlee). These expectations can have a negative effect on self-esteem, focusing energy on dieting, drive for...

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... In the United States, twenty million women suffer or have suffered from the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa, an eating disorder that causes people to lose more weight than what is healthy for their age and height (Board 1). It is a very dangerous illness with many contributing social factors. This disease comes with many psychological and physical symptoms which severely impact ... from horrible mood swings which include depression and obvious self-doubt. According to the Eating Disorders Organization of Victoria, anorexic patients are overly sensitive to comments made about their weigh...

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... users of many forms of mass media, particularly, specialized magazines. Recent circulation figures reported by the Standard Rate and Data Service indicate that more than 6.5 million adolescent females read "Seventeen," "Teen," and "Vogue," three of the most popular magazines targeted at teenage females, each month"" (2003.) According to Danto, a number of magazines target at adolescent females and suggest that ... of self-improvement. These ideals, however unrealistic and unhealthy, are the idealism our society and drive many adolescent females to make dangerously unhealthy choices with...

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... eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia have many warning signs, which help people notice the signs of these eating disorders. For instance, anorexia nervosa has the following symptoms: significant weight loss, excessive dieting and exercising, and constipation ("Anorexia Nervosa", 2). Also, bulimia nervosa has the following symptoms: makes excuses to go to the bathroom after meals, and eats large amounts ... frequent vomiting, the person is experiencing the consequences of purging due to bulimia nervosa ("Bulimia", 2). This proves that anorexia and bulimia nervosa can both have d...

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... into what we consider ideal. "Anorexia is characterized by the refusal to eat enough to maintain body weight over a minimal norm fro age and height, an intense fear of gaining weight, body image disturbance, and possible amenorrhea."(Harrison 1997) Basically these women stop eating or cut meals off ... magazine cover or on every television show they watch, and in everyday like they are often left out of social groups because of their weight, often only finding friends in other obese people. "Bombarded with magazine covers, billboards, TV commercials and movies celebrating thinness and bea...

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... other factors, is the supporting influence for women to engage in disordered eating, and to maintain their devastating addiction with unhealthy ideas of body image. The obsessive interest with body weight starts at considerably young ages, with television, internet and magazine ads as the fuel for a potentially long, catastrophic path of disordered eating. Social media websites obtain a contributing ... western culture for causing body dissatisfaction. While is doesn't induce eating disordered behaviors in every women, studies uncover that various forms of media affect most women in thei...

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... the models portrayed in advertisements are ridiculously unattainable by the average female. Fashion models are reported as being 23% under what is considered "normal" weight and only 5% of the female population even naturally possesses the idealized lean body figure. A session of the program 20/20 on ABC presented ... a photo. However, after viewing photos of models in advertisements women often feel unattractive, fat and in some cases old. A survey conducted by Teen Magazine found that 27% of the girls felt that the media pressures them to have a perfect body. Sixty nine percent of fem...

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... easily notice all of the ads and diet commercials claiming to have to newest and hottest diet. With these ads and societies norms, many are led to believe once the weight is lost, we they will be happy (Silverstein 1991). Unquestionably, everyone has noticed the magazines while waiting in line at the grocery store. Most of them claim to also have ... a certain way or be a certain size to be wanted (Nardo 1991). "This situation carries all the dynamics that can also contribute to problem eating", states Elizabeth Vollstadt in her book Teen Eating Disorders. Many girls then turn to extrem...

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... Jhally, S., Katz J., 2002). Kids who are heavily involved in sports such as gymnastics, figure skating, ballet, and cross-country runners, to name a few, have to start watching their weight as early as age 7 because they are judged on their appearance. The much-appreciated appearance becomes a motivational drive for many vulnerable adolescents, especially girls, to become or stay thin. There ... from anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and substance abuse would be at a greater risk of suffering from an eating disorder such as bulimia nervosa. Despite the appearance of normal weight among ...

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... conditions that tends to be chronic. This disorder, which has been occurring at a rapidly increasing rate over the last ten years, is characterized by extreme starvation that leads to a disastrous weight loss. Along with other factors, anorexia is influenced by genetics, unhappiness with family, and excessive physical activity. WHAT IS ANOREXIA NERVOSA? Well, anorexia means lack of appetite for food; ... pathways descending from the hypothalamus, at the base of the brain, control levels of sex hormones, thyroid hormones and the adrenal hormone cortisol, all of which influence appetite, ...

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... means such as one of the eating disorders. Persistant and very persuasive media messages that encourage dieting that makes you loose a lot of weight in short amounts of time (Eating Disorders). The accepted body image standard is thinner now than it ever has been and women often try ... onset an eating disorder as well. Also, having obese parents increases your chances of being obese as well and may cause people to loose the weight through developing an eating disorder. One type of eating disorder is anorexia nervosa. The first identification of anorexia nervosa was in the 1870's ( ... ...

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... to herself in order to feel that she still controls a certain aspect of life. The patient gains great pride in the ability to lose weight because their self imposed rules about the intake of food are substitutes for actual independence. This idea of independence also ties into the next psychological ... larger with each generation, yet the ideal body is being presented as smaller. The result of this is women becoming obsessed with diet, exercise, and weight loss. In fact, more than half of American women claim to be on a diet. The article also states that, "The pressure to conform is .....

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... by self-induced vomiting, but the purging may also be in the form of laxative or diuretic abuse. Individuals plagued by bulimia are usually of average or above-average weight. They experience feelings of isolation, self-deprecating thoughts, depression, and low self-esteem. The bulimic may have personality characteristics that include being impulsive, disorganized, risk-taking ... emphasis on being thin, such as modeling, acting, ballet or gymnastics; individuals with a previous history of being overweight and dieting behavior; individuals with family history of eating disorders, weight ...

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... interferes with the fulfillment of responsibilities to the self and to others because it produces an intense and irrational fear of becoming fat, an obsession with food and weight control, and a life threatening weight loss. Eventually, a series of starvation-induced physical and psychological changes threatens control over eating and motivates more conscientious efforts to reduce. The result is a truly vicious circle ... of the study) were five times more likely to develop an eating disorder than nondieters and over 12 months had a 1 in 40 chance of developing a new eating disorder. N...

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... interferes with the fulfillment of responsibilities to the self and to others because it produces an intense and irrational fear of becoming fat, an obsession with food and weight control, and a life threatening weight loss. Eventually, a series of starvation-induced physical and psychological changes threatens control over eating and motivates more conscientious efforts to reduce. The result is a truly vicious circle ... of the study) were five times more likely to develop an eating disorder than nondieters and over 12 months had a 1 in 40 chance of developing a new eating disorder. N...

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... 141). The desire to be thin has resulted in athletes either striving for performance thinness or appearance thinness. "Performance thinness refers to the commonly held belief that achieving a lower weight and lower percentage body fat will enhance performance for all athletes, particularly in the endurance sports" (Johnson "Athletes" 187). Johnson states that "appearance thinness refers to the trend ... on an athlete to be thin because their bodies are more noticeable. Not only with a regard to performance, thinness is an advantage to sports in appearance, too (Thompson 320). Weight rest...

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... in unhealthy practices in order to appease those expectations and achieve success on the field. There are often strong beliefs in these sports that lower weight athletes perform better than their heavier peers. As in many cases, it is believed that a lower body mass index among athletes increases athletic performance ... thin build sports. In long distance running the lighter you are the faster you can run, because you have less weight to carry and therefore there is less resistance. Also for young female athletes, puberty is proven to negatively affect their performance because of the e...

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