Today the media are a very important factor for people with eating disorders. The effects of the media portray unhealthy body images, weight loss and reality shows, as well as the power of the Internet to promote eating disorders. It is clear that the media is responsible for before the eating disorders of people and it is important to take big steps in this major problem petore the consequences become worst. I believe that apart from being a source of information, communication and media attack in a very direct way for young people causing internal trauma that causes them to take extreme decisions that lead to way too complicated to cure diseases and for this the Government must contribute since it has enough power to promote campaigns against
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Usually those types of people with eating disorders have a negative view towards their physical body and trying to maintain a weight through strict diets or even purge. Western countries, where thinness is presented as an important social value, there is a large number of women suffering from disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.
“According to National Eating Disorders Association (2005), approximately 10 million females and 1 million males in the United States are suffering from anorexia and bulimia while 25 million more are struggling with binge eating disorder”. This is a clear and convincing example that media has much to do in eating disorders of society in general. Since it is the contemporary times for the media its main tool is the technology since it advances and grows in a way very fast and is able to be at the fingertips of all persons regardless of age. Just like we see today in Instagram, twitter, facebook, snapchat, …show more content…
This affects because parents have the concept of wanting children attend is beautiful but however the food they provide help for a good physical development
Therefore, sometimes parents encourage unconsciously children lose weight while most of them are not overweight, causing thus the beginning of the eating disorder, Usually also parents with weight problems tend to be overly concerned about weight and body images of their children, this can make teenagers fall in depression and feel the pressure to be thin and begin to develop unhealthy eating habits to control their weight.
The power of the Internet in the development of the adolescent eating disorders should not be underestimated, since there is an infinite number of pages web which contribute to promote eating disorders, social networks and pages web must be controlled so that fewer people would be deceived by the harmful information within these sites. One of the methods most known is dieting and it can be defined as the attempt to lose weight by avoiding eating dessert foods harmful to the human body. The excessive character in the diet can lead to the development of eating disorders since severe weight loss is the main symptom of
Usually those types of people with eating disorders have a negative view towards their physical body and trying to maintain a weight through strict diets or even purge. Western countries, where thinness is presented as an important social value, there is a large number of women suffering from disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.
“According to National Eating Disorders Association (2005), approximately 10 million females and 1 million males in the United States are suffering from anorexia and bulimia while 25 million more are struggling with binge eating disorder”. This is a clear and convincing example that media has much to do in eating disorders of society in general. Since it is the contemporary times for the media its main tool is the technology since it advances and grows in a way very fast and is able to be at the fingertips of all persons regardless of age. Just like we see today in Instagram, twitter, facebook, snapchat, …show more content…
This affects because parents have the concept of wanting children attend is beautiful but however the food they provide help for a good physical development
Therefore, sometimes parents encourage unconsciously children lose weight while most of them are not overweight, causing thus the beginning of the eating disorder, Usually also parents with weight problems tend to be overly concerned about weight and body images of their children, this can make teenagers fall in depression and feel the pressure to be thin and begin to develop unhealthy eating habits to control their weight.
The power of the Internet in the development of the adolescent eating disorders should not be underestimated, since there is an infinite number of pages web which contribute to promote eating disorders, social networks and pages web must be controlled so that fewer people would be deceived by the harmful information within these sites. One of the methods most known is dieting and it can be defined as the attempt to lose weight by avoiding eating dessert foods harmful to the human body. The excessive character in the diet can lead to the development of eating disorders since severe weight loss is the main symptom of