Nowadays, one lives in a society where the body means more than the mind itself.

The aesthetic criteria have changed dramatically for women since the sixties; however, these

criteria are most of the time unreachable. The society is more and more precise on what one is

supposed to look like, and the media is not helping by focusing on a superficial and “perfect”

body image. The most affected by those body pictures are teenagers, indeed they are a

vulnerable target.

What is portrayed in the media is the desire for thinness; models are as skinny as the

Jews during World War II in the concentration camps and sometimes die for reaching such an

extreme. Actresses tend to lose lots of weight to fit in this new prevailing “skinny chic” look

according to Brad Mc Lean. So one can raise the question is the media (television, ads,

magazines) responsible for causing eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia among

teenagers?

Teen age is......

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Title: Anorexia And Media
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