Blog 7

-Eating Disorders-

Eating disorders are anything that disrupts someones normal eating patterns. Eating disorders can come in a variety of forms such as undereating or overeating. Sometimes the person with the eating disorder feels uphappy with their physical appearance and feels that being thinner would make them happier and sometimes the person with the eating disorder uses eating as a form of therapy to help them escape the stresses and troubles of the everyday world. Eating disorders happen to all kinds of people and to all walks of life. Often times the eating disorders stem from something deeper than just wanting to stay thin or wanting to escape the trouble of life.

Popular culture has helped to create our general image of beauty which in turn has contributed to eating disorders. In our society popular culture has created the image that thin is desirable which has led some people to go a little over board. In our culture, we are constantly exposed to images of beautiful women who are always thin. We see these women on the cover of magazines and on Victoria Secret commercials on TV. Many women have developed a false sense of beauty which has led them to believe that the only way to be considered beautiful is by being thin. This has led them to start extreme dieting in order to achieve this. Here are a few examples of popular culture that further promote that thin is most beautiful.