Body Image In American Culture

Body Image in America: Eating Disorders
Thesis: Body image in American culture has become an issue of weight watching, an increase in eating disorders, and an increase in the reading of diet articles which have influenced women in negative ways.
Statistically, the weight and size of women are dropping because of influence from the media, articles, and peers.
Ninety percent of young women struggle with their body image.
In young women, self-esteem is at its peak when they are nine years old.
Many children, in fact, eighty-percent, are afraid of being “fat” or overweight.
Body image in American culture has become an issue of weight watching, an increase in the beginning of eating disorders, and an increase in the reading of diet articles which

have that has influenced women in a negative ways.
Weight watching has become a serious problem as now women are so discontent with their bodies that they begin to stop eating to lose weight.
Peer pressure influences women to change their bodies.
To change the standards of society, models are used as molds to influence women with negative thoughts about their bodies.
Friends, families, and media can affect anyone in a negative way.
Societal standards are almost impossible to reach, but always seem as if the standards are feasible.
Brand influence can drain a woman’s happiness very quickly.
A lack of happiness can drain self-esteem and self-confidence very quickly.
Professionals provide help to those who struggle with body image and confidence.

The beginning of eating disorders develops from peer pressure and lack of happiness.
Happiness can “Spread through social networks in much the same way that germs spread through communities” (Komaroff, 2011).
Celebrities have a perfect image through their social media platforms.
Many change their personalities for the media and struggle with eating disorders and problems themselves.
Social media influences young women just as celebrities do.
Reading diet articles causes the reader to view weight and shape as negative things.
A psychological factor that can be affected by diet articles is a negative body image.
Environmental factors such as family, friends, and even some sports can trigger a low self-esteem.
Diet articles can be environmental situations that permanently affect a life.
Psychological factors may also have permanent effects on someone’s life.
Modeling agencies have published articles that affect women. These agencies and articles influence women to study their bodies and form negative opinions.
Women have started believing that they are not good enough.
The media is also influencing the wrong thoughts.
A concern about the weight of women has

arisen.
The articles and media are pressuring women with standards that are not realistic.
Miss America contestants, for example, are statistically thinner than average women in the United States.
Body image has affected the lives’ of many men and women today.
Body image in America has caused pain, emotionally and physically.
No one should hesitate to receive help when help is necessary.
Diet articles, monitored weights, and eating disorders affect a woman’s life and affect her thinking pattern.