Mass media can causes Eating Disorders

Many young girls consume too much information from mass media, including television, magazines,news and the Internet. According to the article, “The Relationship Between Media Consumption and Eating Disorders,” Harrison claim that “The mass media may operate as important influences on disordered eating through their impact on value, norms and aesthetic standard embraced by modern U.S. Society”. This quotation shows that the mass media plays a very important role in promoting eating disorders among American people though values, norms and aesthetic standards embraced. Women between the ages of 18 and 30 rated personal body shape alongside with those of [self-selected] of their favored celebrities . From the media, they provide the idea that people who look thin are beautiful, smart and successful. As we can see that there are many movies, commercials, printed ads or even the billboard on the high way. In the media, people who are good-looking and slim are always a good and successful people, whereas people who have an overweight body or wear loose clothes are considered as lazy with no friends. The media always promote unhealthy ideas about how thin girls need to be to be considered beautiful and successful. Thinness has become an association with success and beauty. As a consequence, these ideas create the wrong perception among teenagers. It is not necessary to have a great body to be successful and have everyone love you.

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What is Eating Disorder?

An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat, or avoid eating, that negatively affects both one’s physical and mental health. Eating disorders are all encompassing. They affect every part of the person’s life. Eating disorders appear when a person experience server disturbances in her eating behaviors. For example,she, a person who has eating disorders, extremely reduces food intake or they are worried too much about body weight or shape.

The victims of eating disorders are obsessed with food and fear of getting fat. Eating disorders are considered serious mental illnesses. Eating disorders cause problems to people's health and cost a lot to society. Not only do many people die from eating disorders, but also, many of them need to spend much money for their health care service. People who have eating disorders are suffering from many other physical health complications, such as heart conditions or kidney failure, which can lead to death. Moreover, eating disorders can cause people to commit suicide

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Number of Articles: 15



Positive Articles: 90%



Negative Articles: 10%

Reason why I choose this topic:

In these day, News and TV entertainment are full of reports about young, thin Hollywood actresses who might be anorexic and bulimic. Many teenagers watch and emulate their admired actresses. I think an eating disorder is considered as an extreme problem among adults, especially females.

I choose this topic because I realize that an eating disorder is very near you. So, I want know find some good information about Eating Disorders, like how it creates,what are diseases that involve with eating disorders, what are the symptom and how to protect and deal with those who already have eating disorders.

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