Body Images And Eating Disorders Essay

With such mentality and influence on socio-cultural standards, especially towards the human body, comes the impact of body images and eating disorders upon others. Influences all around deal with body images. These influences tell people that we are not worthy until we fit into social standards. Although the standards are impossible to obtain, it too causes people to obsess over their body and perfectionism. With the constant obsession of his or her body, leads to acts of watching his or her weight, and or dieting. Gradually the weight watching and else more, may turn excessive; thus, leading to a case of eating disorders. Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is constant watch of calories, limited food intake, and excessive dieting. Meanwhile, bulimia nervosa is the act of binge eating and then purging. Through the cases of eating disorders, comes the harm to ones’ body physically. The body is malnourished thus lacking nutrition, causing organs failure alike the heart, and even death once taken too far. …show more content…
Body dysmorphia, very often takes a hold onto individuals and their body. It is a constant thought of people seeing themselves and their body to the opposite what it may appear to be. He or she may persistently see themselves as overweight, when in fact he or she is extremely underweight. Through the persistent thought of being fat, one may try to overcome the image prevailed by oneself through the act of dieting, purging and exercising even more. The idealistic body is unattainable, even though the content of needing to look and be perfect, advocated by society is so strong that the influence may cause others to harm themselves; even without acknowledging