Does the media cause eating disorders in the younger generation? “Hot Summer body” and “lose weight fast” were just a few of the bolded terms I’ve seen written on magazine covers throughout my childhood. The media surrounds young people everywhere and the pressure to be thin is always present. “There is no doubt that the ideal body size, as reflected in the style icons promoted in the media, is getting thinner” (The National Centre for Eating Disorders). Ideal images of what is socially acceptable to look like are everywhere. This may cause young people to become self-conscious of their looks and develop dangerous habits such as an eating disorder. Eating disorders are a fatal life style choice due to the severe eating disturbances
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I used to drink slimming tea before dinner and then after dinner immediately rush to the bathroom to get rid of it. After dinner I would go to karate for about 4 hours, doing each class, then return home and do more exercises on the Wii fit; again my mom never questioned, she just thought I was an active kid. This phase stopped around 7th grade, I was never diagnosed with anything, I just simply tried to have the “perfect body” that everyone tries to reach.
Eating disorders are so devastating that they can effect one’s life completely through relationships, both intimate and friendship, along with their health and how they function on a daily basis. (National Eating Disorders) This is not a lifestyle that people choose to live; it is brought on by many things. They can be very complex and extremely life threatening. Such disorders can alter an adolescent’s psychical and emotional health. The earlier one realizes they need to seek help, the better chance they have at recovery (National Eating …show more content…
For example, Dr. Phil had identical twin sisters on his show, Taylor and Tricia, that both suffered a severe form of bulimia. They had binging and purging rituals, eating extremely large portions of food together, and locking themselves in the bathroom for the purging. The girls never knew how dangerously thin they were until seeing photos on the screen, resulting in an emotional breakdown. Tricia thought she was just a normal weight, until seeing the truth. When the girls were shown photos of themselves at a healthy weight, Taylor stated that’s when she knew how to eat normal, and she loved herself. Together in the past year both girls each lost 50 pounds (Dr. Phil).
Treatment for eating disorders will vary depending on the severity of it and how long the person has been going through it. Treating psychological problems and getting the individual to a healthy weight are the general goals when undergoing treatment (Psych Guides). One form of therapy is the Maudsley approach, which is when the parents of the individual with the disorder have to feed their child. This method is successful in the fact that the adolescent with the disorder is not in charge of their meals (The National Institute of Mental
I used to drink slimming tea before dinner and then after dinner immediately rush to the bathroom to get rid of it. After dinner I would go to karate for about 4 hours, doing each class, then return home and do more exercises on the Wii fit; again my mom never questioned, she just thought I was an active kid. This phase stopped around 7th grade, I was never diagnosed with anything, I just simply tried to have the “perfect body” that everyone tries to reach.
Eating disorders are so devastating that they can effect one’s life completely through relationships, both intimate and friendship, along with their health and how they function on a daily basis. (National Eating Disorders) This is not a lifestyle that people choose to live; it is brought on by many things. They can be very complex and extremely life threatening. Such disorders can alter an adolescent’s psychical and emotional health. The earlier one realizes they need to seek help, the better chance they have at recovery (National Eating …show more content…
For example, Dr. Phil had identical twin sisters on his show, Taylor and Tricia, that both suffered a severe form of bulimia. They had binging and purging rituals, eating extremely large portions of food together, and locking themselves in the bathroom for the purging. The girls never knew how dangerously thin they were until seeing photos on the screen, resulting in an emotional breakdown. Tricia thought she was just a normal weight, until seeing the truth. When the girls were shown photos of themselves at a healthy weight, Taylor stated that’s when she knew how to eat normal, and she loved herself. Together in the past year both girls each lost 50 pounds (Dr. Phil).
Treatment for eating disorders will vary depending on the severity of it and how long the person has been going through it. Treating psychological problems and getting the individual to a healthy weight are the general goals when undergoing treatment (Psych Guides). One form of therapy is the Maudsley approach, which is when the parents of the individual with the disorder have to feed their child. This method is successful in the fact that the adolescent with the disorder is not in charge of their meals (The National Institute of Mental