Television has been viewed as a source for entertainment and information. Now it has begun to influence people's thinking by emphasizing thinness as a way to measure women's worth. Ex: heavier actresses often receive negative comments about their bodies and these negative comments are followed by canned audience laughter (Media Awareness Network, 2010). Besides that, fashion magazines, television and movies are constantly delivering the wrong message that women must be thin in order to be loved, accepted and successful (Schlundt & Johnson, 1990, p. 59). The portrayal of happy and successful women being extremely thin has a huge impact on women's perception of beauty. It has forced women to adopt the mindset that "thin is beautiful" and "beauty
