Bradley Emery i think one cultural change that would be benifical to the mental health of Americans would be the image that society portrays as the "perfect female". i think that we as a society stress that attractive women need to be skinny and clear skin that it puts a lot of pressure on younger/ teenage girls to try to look like that. willing to do anything to be considered attractive or perfect young girls put their body through some situations that their bodies are not meant to handle such as anorexia, bulemia, and binge eating. In recent studies (Smolak, 2011) 40-60 percent of girls starting at the age of are worried about becoming overweight and continue to worry about it for the span of their life. The detrimental part about this is the fact that it is causing health problems to young innocent boys and girls that are under what they think is a microscope of their peers. There is so much pressure on the people that are worried about what they look like and worried about what others think about them that they turn to a horrible option in eating disorders. Not only do eating disorders cause muscle loss, reduction of bone density, lack of nutrients, and fainting but it also can result in death. A change in this i think would be more advertisments showing that you do not have to be super skinny to be considered attractive or to be a super model. commercials and magzines could put girls that are bigger than the normal cover girl or bigger than the thin super model that everyone is used to seeing on the television. i think that this change could be execiuted by public speaking in schools all over the country to targer the younger population before eating disorders can be an issue. Also i think that educating parents in what to look for and signs that might signal that their child may be going through some troubles and could possibly going through eating disorders. A particular group of people that i think would mostly be impacted would be the population of younger boys and girls, i think specifically girls. it is a common thought that goes through a lot of peoples head everyday when they find themselves judging people that are overweight or what people think is not skinny enough. Everyday kids are picked on from every end of this planet and it puts them in a position where they need to change and a lot of the time they turn to eating disorders not kowing the real consequenses that come along with it. In conclusion, our societies outlook on body figure can cause a lot of people to cause harm to themselves and i believe that the main way we can help slow down the rates of this horrible disorder is to educate everyone possible of the harm that it can cause, signs of it before it happens, and signs of it while it is happening.