the thinning woman on media"

i believe body image on tv does affect viewers, as a result of the extremely thin females alwayz seen on tv, many americans feel overweight, eventho they may b an average size. Meida portay the message that happiness and success come with a thin body.The joys in life such as power, popularity, friends, and success are seen to come easily to the beautiful, thin characters on television. Characters who are overweight are often perceived as failures, lonely, or rejected. They are often the target of jokes and humiliation.


Both genders may be greatly affected by the images on television, but females are more likely to be targeted by these messages. Successful women are young and thin, while the appearance and age range for successful men. The female viewer may assume that she must lose weight to obtain power. The media imply that there are shortcuts to make the average female look and feel as thin and desirable as the women seen on television. Commercials suggest that the average woman wants to lose weight to resemble current actresses and models. The message assumes that the average person is not thin enough to be viewed as a beautiful person in society.

While many of the women seen on television are becoming thinner, an average weight female may view herself as overweight, which could lead to eating disorders. Women account for 90 to 95 percent of all people who suffer from eating disorders, and men comprise the remaining five to ten percent.Those who watch television at least three nights a week are fifty percent more likely than non-viewers to feel overweight or fat. Fifteen percent of the viewers admitted to vomiting to lose weight, and two-thirds of the female viewers dieted as a result of the images they saw.
The two most common eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, affect over five million Americans. Thousands of these people die from physical problems resulting from these illnesses.

meanwhile body image also affect people who is on the tv eating disorders have not only affected the television watching population. The necessity to be thin has plagued women actresses, models, and singers for decades. In the late 1960s, singer Karen Carpenter felt compelled to lose weight to appear more attractive. She was put on a water diet to bring her weight down from 140 pounds to 120. After she received positive compliments from her family and friends, she accelerated the dieting and lost more weight. In 1975, Carpenter weighed 80 pounds and vomited the little food she ate. She struggled with anorexia for the remaining years of her life until her death at the age of 32. The singer died from cardiac arrest caused by heart strain as a result of the anorexia.

Actress Tracey Gold of Growing Pains struggled with anorexia for several years. She was dieting by eating only 500 calories a day, while a typical diet requires 1,800 calories, and went from 133 pounds to 113 pounds in two months. After Gold achieved her ideal weight, she could not stop dieting. When the actress' weight went down to 90 pounds, she was forced to leave Growing Pains for professional help. Eventually, Gold recovered from the disease to live a healthy life.

did u c how media affect us a lot?"winkwink"