Eating Disorders and the Media

In today’s society people are constantly being bombarded with commercials and advertisements portraying beauty as being thin and flawless. These advertisements come to people from all angles, television, magazines, and billboards. There seems to be an endless stream of ads telling society what to think, what to eat, and how to look. The media relates thinness to happiness, success, love, sex. As some strive for acceptance in society, it follows that individuals would strive …

…is looked down upon: being fat. If a child is raised to love and accept who they are and what they look like, they will be less likely to strive to fit into society's unattainable standards. Society needs to learn to be realistic and focus on learning to love and accept themselves. No number on a scale and fitting into a smaller dress size will make anyone happy. Real happiness can only come from within.