Eating disorders and the Media

It almost everywhere you look. Pictures running rampid on magazine covers, advertisements, billboards: everywhere. Standing in the line at the grocery store, flipping through a magazine, or just glancing at the advertisements on television. It is quite evident by looking at the emaciated pictures of young women and surprisingly men too, what the media considers as the "ideal" figure. This perception society has created, plays a major part in our countries obsession with thinness and …

…claim, but they do not have to support it. Stop buying those fashion magazines that just make you feel bad! Stop believing all the lies told by the fashion and diet industry. Our 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.  Bibliography not available