In addition, the negative effects of female portrayal in television media on females are irrefutable. According to Hatton and Trautner, 2011 a study by University at Buffalo sociologists found that the portrayal of women in popular television media over the last several decades has become increasingly sexualized. Data shows that 1 in 200 American women suffers from anorexia, 2 to 3 in 100 American women suffers from bulimia, anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents, 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25, 50% of girls between the ages of 11 and 13 see themselves as overweight, 80% of 13-year-olds have attempted to lose weight and eating disorders have the highest death rate of any
