This percentage could be very high because of insecurity of the body (Quenqua 349). Many women tend to starve their self because they are not satisfied with their own body. For example, eating problems like bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating are all very serious unhealthy ways to maintain the body image among women. Nearly fifty percent of women have bulimia which is an intake of food in a small period of time followed by gagging. About sixty-five percent of women have a problem with starvation. Anorexia is a panic of gaining weight and starvation. More than sixty percent of women have a binge eating disorder. Binge eating is an overwhelming eating disorder with a feeling of regret afterwards. Eating disorders like these are more common in women than in men. These eating disorders are all harmful things that a person can do to their body to have the body image of their dreams. (Burlew
This percentage could be very high because of insecurity of the body (Quenqua 349). Many women tend to starve their self because they are not satisfied with their own body. For example, eating problems like bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating are all very serious unhealthy ways to maintain the body image among women. Nearly fifty percent of women have bulimia which is an intake of food in a small period of time followed by gagging. About sixty-five percent of women have a problem with starvation. Anorexia is a panic of gaining weight and starvation. More than sixty percent of women have a binge eating disorder. Binge eating is an overwhelming eating disorder with a feeling of regret afterwards. Eating disorders like these are more common in women than in men. These eating disorders are all harmful things that a person can do to their body to have the body image of their dreams. (Burlew