Body Image Issues In America

In the United States one in two hundred women suffer from anorexia, and 10 percent of college students suffer from a clinical eating disorder. These statistics are completely staggering to me. Personally knowing many people, as well as myself, who have struggled with body image issues, it is hard to watch others suffering through it. Women have now started encouraging body positivity to help their fellow women feel comfortable in their own bodies. In the U.S there are many people who are considered overweight, and believe because they are overweight they’re less of a person than those who can fit into a size two jean. Women need to begin to embrace their beautiful bodies, love their fat, and own their bone structures. The body positive movement, also known as “fat-positive feminists,” wasstarted in the 1970’s promoting acceptance of women for all women’s sizes. The moment also addresses sizeism, or discrimination based on someone’s body size. Most of the blame has been put on clothing stores, and …show more content…
I grew taller than everyone else, my body became more developed, and I became embarrassed and uncomfortable in my body. Once everyone went through puberty I became the shortest of all my friends, and the chubbiest. Throughout middle school, and most of high school, I tried working out, and sometimes using crash diets, and never was able to lose weight. I realized that the things that I was doing to my body were only hurting me, not helping me. In the last 2 years I have taken better care of my body by continuing my vegetarian eating habits, avoiding excessive eating, and working out more efficiently. I also started researching body-positive motivation concepts that would help me through my struggles, and stumbled across an Instagram account named “thenakediaries,” full of pictures that other people sent in anonymously talking about the struggles with their bodies, and how they overcame their body issues in a positive