Long 1
Jenni Long
College Comp II-1
Kelly Rauzi
April 3, 2013
Images and Advertising:
How it can Lead to Eating Disorders in Young Teenage Girls My sister has always wanted to be the most “popular” and “prettiest” girl in school. In her mind you had to be extremely thin and have a life without flaws to become that. She figured she had a lot of weight to lose and secrets to hide. She was always interested in what models and celebrities did to get the body shape they had, she often bought many magazines a week and just looked through them, she would often comment on how skinny and “perfect” these models and celebrities were. That’s where her inspiration to become like them came from, she thought the quickest way to become as skinny as them was to starve herself, so that is what she began doing. Starving herself lead to an eating disorder. Her eating disorder led to depression and anxiety. Her life is changed know, it’s not how she pictured it to be; she still continues to look at these images of models and celebrities with envy. After watching this continuing struggle with my sister and her eating disorder and also going to some therapy sessions, I became aware that young girls are often victims from images and advertising they see in magazines, newspapers, online, and advertisements. Images and advertisement companies often use models that are extremely thin and celebrities are criticized if they aren’t skinny. This may lead to eating disorders in young
Long 2 girls. I wanted to help others that aren’t aware of this, so I began to do some research in hopes that I can help the parents and children that are exposed to these images and advertisements. Technology is changing every single day, it just gets more advanced and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. Magazines and advertisement companies are taking full advantage of this. They use many different