The Promotion of Eating Disorders in the Media and its Impact On the Body and Mind
The portrayal of thinness in the media and its relation to beauty has lead to an increase of eating disorders and body image issues throughout society. The increase of the idea of being thin is what makes one beautiful not only impacts the way people see themselves but also causes them to act upon these thoughts of insecurity and doubt with eating disorders. These eating disorders are most commonly anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.The way people are portrayed throughout the media has created a false sense of happiness and beauty which leads to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa but these disorders also lead to a negative impact …show more content…
They found that young women had seen that being thin was linked to successes and beauty that they would rather be very thin than overweight. It was found that even average girls were changing themselves to be more like the celebrities they see due to the “trend” of being skinny. The young women in this study with these disorders realized the way they perceived themselves completely altered once they started trying to lose weight they became more dissatisfied with themselves and their bodies. These girls isolated themselves from others and became more introverted due to the embarrassment of their disorders. After the interviews with people with and without eating disorders they found that they are mental health issue the way women perceive themselves could affect the quality of life they have.Research conducted by Hages and Ross (1987) found that young adults will follow a trend if it improves the quality of life they have such as gaining popularity or becoming beautiful while ignoring the consequences it has on their
The portrayal of thinness in the media and its relation to beauty has lead to an increase of eating disorders and body image issues throughout society. The increase of the idea of being thin is what makes one beautiful not only impacts the way people see themselves but also causes them to act upon these thoughts of insecurity and doubt with eating disorders. These eating disorders are most commonly anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.The way people are portrayed throughout the media has created a false sense of happiness and beauty which leads to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa but these disorders also lead to a negative impact …show more content…
They found that young women had seen that being thin was linked to successes and beauty that they would rather be very thin than overweight. It was found that even average girls were changing themselves to be more like the celebrities they see due to the “trend” of being skinny. The young women in this study with these disorders realized the way they perceived themselves completely altered once they started trying to lose weight they became more dissatisfied with themselves and their bodies. These girls isolated themselves from others and became more introverted due to the embarrassment of their disorders. After the interviews with people with and without eating disorders they found that they are mental health issue the way women perceive themselves could affect the quality of life they have.Research conducted by Hages and Ross (1987) found that young adults will follow a trend if it improves the quality of life they have such as gaining popularity or becoming beautiful while ignoring the consequences it has on their