Dying To Be Thin Essay

In today’s era, Young girls are easily influenced by the media about their body image. In the documentary “Dying to be Thin”, Nova took a broad view in the world of eating disorder and it effect in this generation. The video talked about the possible mental and physical struggle that faces those suffering from eating disorder, especially anorexia and bulimia. There are many factors that contribute to a girl becoming anorexic, including low self-esteem and depression. Common features of anorexia include weight loss and behavior changes. Anorexia can occur later in life, but it is most common in girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen.
At such young ages, children are influenced by the people in their T.V. shows, younger models, or even the toys they play with, especially Barbie’s. They believe they are fat and are not satisfy with how they look or what they do. Everything in their lives need to be perfect including being thin because that is how society portrays success to be. Anorexia is not just a problem with food or weight. It is an attempt to use food and weight to deal with emotional problems they may be …show more content…
Like any other diseases, it has symptoms, causes, effects and treatment. People with the disease have an extreme fear of gaining weight, which causes them to try to maintain a weight far less than normal. One of the main factor contributing to anorexia is the attempt to lose excessive weights. Most anorexic girls do not have extra weight to lose so trying to stay thin may only cause them danger and remain unhealthily thin. Oftentimes, the girl disregards the opinions of others and focuses on losing as much weight as she can which may lead to medical problem. People with anorexia many also end up being diagnose with depression because of the stress that they go through at home, school and in their