1. How the Media Cause Eating Disorders
The media's equation that thinness equals beauty, success, and happiness, is the probable cause of life-threatening eating disorders among women. ... Eating disorders have an enormous effect on women's lives. ... The message to be thin and successful has caused countless women to start diet, making the diet industry a multimillion business. ... Television viewing increases women's exposure to thin images of women, ideas and behaviors, which in turn causes women to change their eating habits. ... The growing phenomenon of actresses being too thin causes women to feel t...
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