The need to be accepted and admired by others captivates the minds of many men and women. This conquest for social acceptance becomes so real that the idea then becomes an obsession. The way people look plays a big role in peoples lives. It determines the way others see each other and from that, it will then determine how people feel about the individual. One major proponent of appearance is their weight.
The promotion of diets has gradually changed the social conceptions upon what is the definition of beauty. These advertised dietary supplements are hurting the individual but also the people around them. The advertisements try everything they can to advertise that using their products can make the customers become more beautiful, and the effects of using it is to become slimmer. Nowadays, a large amount of people think that being slim is the only criteria to judge whether a person is beautiful or not, despite the human beings' natural …show more content…
One of the biggest goals Americans today set for themselves is to lose weight. It is a quest which many seek out and never reach. The twentieth century has brought about many changes in the world, but it has also brought about many self image problems. For example thin models walking the runway, and anorexic fourteen year olds that look up to them. Many young and older men and women are feeling threatened to fit this particular image. This image is unattainable with out doing self harm physically and mentally because it is not a realistic