ANOREXIA Often times you hear radio programs and TV commercials talking about how thin are in. Have you ever herd someone says that obesity is in? Yes obesity is unhealthy but so is anorexia. It has become one of the biggest problems facing teenage girls today. It is also become popular with teenage boys. Anorexia is a condition that makes people believe that they are to fat and in order to correct that they starve themselves.
Most people with they condition do not know we to stop so they continue starving themselves until it becomes harmful. Also, most people that are anorexic are not fat it is just the way they see themselves. There are shows on now like Americas next top model, which says if you are 5’8 and 135 lbs. you are plus sized.
There are also shows on like the biggest looser. What kind of image is society sending with shows out that only say as a society we need to loose weight. Even the show extreme make over gives liposuction. There was one show were they told a man it was to dangerous to give him a make over, he needed to lose weight first.
The man lose 32 lbs. and then got his make over the sad thing was his 32 lbs. was not enough. He also got liposuction. I am so tired of seeing actresses and entertainers talking about how they have to lose weight to compare with there compotation. Oprah for example, never had to lose a pound and still would be the richest women in America.
The Essay on Eating Disorders Weight People Disorder
... Some people wear baggy clothes to make themselves feel skinnier then they already are and they still feel the urge to lose more weight. ... and other efforts. It is also related with anorexia, but doesn't have the large weight loss that goes along with it. It ... the hypothalamus begins to work improperly after the onset of anorexia. The hypothalamus controls such activities as maintenance of water balance, ...
Instead she listened to society telling her that she was to big and out and started her weight lose program just like the rest and the entertainers and now you can not consider Opera a big girl. I once had a class mate who had anorexia, as part of her rehab she had to teach the class what she went through. She said, when she would look in the mirror all she would she is fat. That no matter how much weight she lose it was not enough.
For some reason people seem to think that you can only be anorexic if you are skinny. Over weight people can also be anorexic. There might not be a way to solve this on going problem but there is a way to help prevent the problem. If you take shows like Americas next top model but a big girl on there and have her win, you are giving big girls someone to look up to.
All you see are skinny girls on the TV talking about there weight lose secrets. Why can’t we see more big girl on TV talking about how big is beautiful and go d made us just the way we are, he made every one in his perfection. I have to give props o Kristy Alley, the media has called every fat cow name you can think of because of her recent weight gain. Instead of trying to lose weight what she did was create a show that makes fun of her weight gain.
So instead of turning to oprahsweight lose secret she found a way to deal with it on her own. Let give bigger girls in our society some one who is not a 5’8 122 lbs. someone to look up to. Someone who is a good role model someone that will tell them when you look in the mirror you are not going to see a perfect image because who is to say what is perfect.
