One in every 200 American women suffers from anorexia. Two to three in 100 American women suffer from bulimia. In a woman’s lifetime, 1.1%-4.2% of girls suffer from an eating disorder. . As many as 10% of college women suffer from a clinical or nearly clinical eating disorder. More than four out of ten boys in middle and high school regularly exercise with the goal of increasing muscle mass. Young men seem to be more negatively affected by the media images than adolescent boys are. Eating disorders are caused by a combination of different factors, including genetic, biochemical, psychological, cultural, and environmental. There is no single cause of disordered eating, but research says that the media does contribute to it. The exposure
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The incidence of bulimia in 10-39 year old women tripled between 1988 and 1993. (Kolodziej) Women are affected by eating disorders, eight to ten times more than men. (Courier) After just a few years of exposure to images of women in soap operas and commercials, 11.3% of adolescent girls reported some sort of eating disorder. (Kolodziej) It was paired with the displeasure of body image in comparison to these new media images. Sexually objectified images of girls and women in advertisements usually appear in men’s magazines. (NEDA) One of the most common places to find those images are in the advertisements in teen magazines directed at adolescent …show more content…
In 1970, the average age a girl would be dieting was fourteen, but by 1990, the age dropped to eight years old. (Courier) A recent study done by the American Association for Health Education (AAHE) found that teenage girls believe that their physical appearance is extremely important. A therapist Stacey Rosenfeld said in her article The Cultural Influences of Eating Disorders,
“It is nearly impossible to go a day without exposure to a weight-loss ad, the latest diet trend, or a story about the obesity crisis. On a recent 24-hour trip to participate in NEDAwareness Week, I was greeted at the airport by a banner ad that read, ‘Lose your fat, not your luggage’ and at dinner that night, I ended up at a gluten-free restaurant that a friend of mine had chosen unbeknowingly. When I casually asked for bread mid-meal, our server declared proudly, ‘We’re totally gluten-free.’ The restaurant tab reads: ‘100% Guiltin Free,’ in case there was any doubt about the morality of our
The incidence of bulimia in 10-39 year old women tripled between 1988 and 1993. (Kolodziej) Women are affected by eating disorders, eight to ten times more than men. (Courier) After just a few years of exposure to images of women in soap operas and commercials, 11.3% of adolescent girls reported some sort of eating disorder. (Kolodziej) It was paired with the displeasure of body image in comparison to these new media images. Sexually objectified images of girls and women in advertisements usually appear in men’s magazines. (NEDA) One of the most common places to find those images are in the advertisements in teen magazines directed at adolescent …show more content…
In 1970, the average age a girl would be dieting was fourteen, but by 1990, the age dropped to eight years old. (Courier) A recent study done by the American Association for Health Education (AAHE) found that teenage girls believe that their physical appearance is extremely important. A therapist Stacey Rosenfeld said in her article The Cultural Influences of Eating Disorders,
“It is nearly impossible to go a day without exposure to a weight-loss ad, the latest diet trend, or a story about the obesity crisis. On a recent 24-hour trip to participate in NEDAwareness Week, I was greeted at the airport by a banner ad that read, ‘Lose your fat, not your luggage’ and at dinner that night, I ended up at a gluten-free restaurant that a friend of mine had chosen unbeknowingly. When I casually asked for bread mid-meal, our server declared proudly, ‘We’re totally gluten-free.’ The restaurant tab reads: ‘100% Guiltin Free,’ in case there was any doubt about the morality of our