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“If you are going through a dark period, go to your family and closest friends. It’s very crucial that you get your feelings out, but don’t ever inflict harm on your own body because your body is so sacred. I wish I could tell every young girl with an eating disorder, or who has harmed herself in any way, that she’s worthy of life and that her life has meaning. You can overcome and get through anything,” says Demi Lovato. Teenage pop sensation Demi Lovato is just one of the many examples of…

The values and perceptions of what it means to be beautiful, sexy, handsome, and fit in our society have changed considerably with time; through the development of new media and technology. The media’s influence on appearance, perpetuates a belief system about the importance of being thin, and associates a negative stigma with individuals whom are either overweight or obese. The internalization of this belief system has been identified as a keystone for the development of body dissatisfaction…

be accepted. They may listen to their dad and other male figures make a remark about a woman’s body in a hypercritical manner in honors to her weight and her looks. To agree that at a young age girls worry about their appearance, body size and body shape. Girls starts to see that their appearance and notices that it can become very important. The messages are out there and distressing some of the young girls in a negative manner. To believe that the observations concerning the body are…

Today, an overwhelming number of American women choose to alter their body in order to fit the physical attractiveness created by our culture. Women’s feel an immense amount of pressured from the media, friends and families members to look beautiful risking their lives for black market procedures to make their buttocks bigger. Females are going to extreme lengths to reach their physical desires but, when it comes down to it, just how far are too far. I feel very happy that I choose to research…

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. People go through certain extent in order to achieve certain standards of society’s version of beauty. One gets addicted to the beauty products and starts to believe that it really works. A lot of these products give false advertisements and exaggerate it just to get you to buy it. Many of these beauty products are expensive and can cause damage to your skin, hair, nails, etc. In Source A it states that “Some of the ingredients in beauty products aren't…

acceptable. Disputes occur all throughout social media on how to alter the way media portrays perfection. The recently trending hashtag, "Body Positivity" has attempted to promote and encouraged people to feel confident in their bodies, despite their shape or size. Support from the media is a crucial part of overcoming the ever-so- prominent unhappiness with body image. Putting an end to photoshopping models, altering normal bodies, and airbrushing skin, could be a life changing experience for…

The Truth about Swimsuit Advertisements Swimsuit advertisements often portray an image of an unrealistic body which can cause women to become self conscious, therefore, companies should stop editing their models bodies and include all body types in their advertisements. Firstly, the women used to advertise swimsuits are often underweight according to their Body Mass Index (BMI). Secondly, swimsuit advertisements are heavily retouched. Thirdly, these advertisements do not illustrate all body…

Over 43 million children are obese worldwide in 2010 and it will reach to 60 million in the next 10 years, according to the WHO. Eating fast food that contains too much sugar and high in fat is the major reason why children are obese. Lack of physical activates is another reason why children are obese, they are siting all day without doing anything, watching T.V 24 hours, and playing electronics devices for example, Gameboys. There are many major consequences of children obesity. Effects of…

Late night dinners, cycling,walking down and spending all the time in the world with one person. DOes t sound like the perfect scenario and moment you might want to have with your boyfriend? But isn’t that a thing you do with your “best friend” as well. Even if these thoughts come in the ind of model cum author Nikki Dubose you never know what is the definition of best friend for her. Nikki DUbose who is the commercial actress and an avid mental health activist loves spending a lot of time…

Media’s Morbid Messages "We are all different, unique and one of a kind, why should we all strive to be the same?" (Common Sense Media). This statement was one of thousands of comments presented on a controversial image. The photo presented a woman named Stella who exposed her perceived body flaws. Each decade within the past century had different fashion ideals for women. From the flapper girl in the 1920s to the icon Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s, women have tried desperately to attain society’s…