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 to be like those people in that advertisement. After all, they are selling people on what would make a perfect life. Ads lead people to believe that being thin will make them happier and more successful.
Eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia, are becoming
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