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Eating Disorders

The Media and its Effects
on Eating Disorders

Growing up in the world today, it is hard to fit in with society. People are always judging others and this can have major negative effects. Some people, mostly women, can turn to eating disorders in order to fit into society. Eating disorders have resulted in deaths around the world. Girls are putting their lives on the line in order to achieve the perfect body type by not eating or throwing up anything that they do eat. Women are putting themselves in great danger in order to try to attain perfection. Women want to receive the perfect body by not eating or throwing up, but instead of physical beauty, women should look inside themselves and decide what is important. Berg states, "An eating disorder is an unpleasant full-time occupation, terrifying in the way it takes over a child's life and that of her or his family's" (117). Eating disorders are becoming more and more popular as well as more and more dangerous. Many people all over the world are being pressured into looking their best and according to the media and magazines. To look the best that one can, they must be the perfect size and weight. Women in society should not let the media control how they feel or think; women should look past physical beauty and find out who they truly are deep down.
When women are pressured in society it results in major negative effects and can be harmful. Some people may develop eating disorders in order to try and fit in with society because they don't want to stand out or be a pariah. Eating disorders have led to many deaths. This should send a message to others about how dangerous this style of life can be. All the facts and statistics that are out there about how dangerous eating disorders are still do not cause people to stop developing them. Some people need to experience things first hand and make their own mistakes to stop their dangerous habits. Since people do not stop developing eating disorders, it just shows...