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  • Essay / Impact of mass media on young girls - 1009

    According to “Increased body satisfaction after exposure to thin-ideal children's television among young girls showing thin-ideal internalization” by Doeschka Anschutz, Rutger Engels and Tatjan Van Strien , states that "Watching television in general, and in particular experiencing media pressure to be thin, has been found to be linked to increased awareness of weight loss strategies and later disrupted eating behaviors in older adults. young children (Harrison and Hefner, 2006, McCabe, Ricciardelli, 2005)” (604). To achieve the goal of being thin, some girls will overeat and cause major health problems. Some girls may suffer from anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia nervosa is an intense fear of gaining weight even if the person is severely underweight. A person may go on an extreme diet or exercise to try to lose or avoid gaining weight. Health problems that anorexic girls may experience are weak bones, kidney stones, lack of warmth, etc. People with bulimia nervosa consume large amounts of food in a short period of time. We feel like we have no control over our eating behaviors. To compensate for their excessive consumption, they adopt behaviors such as fasting, purging or vomiting. The consequences of those suffering from bulimia are tooth decay due to staining caused by the acid present in the stomach, rupture of the esophagus due to constant vomiting and irregular heartbeat. According to “Increased Body Satisfaction After Exposure to Thin Ideal Children's Television in Young Girls Showing Thin Ideal Internalization” by Anschutz, Doeschka J Engels, Rutger, Van Strien, Tatjan states that “Furthermore, it was found that young girls used the media as a source of information about weight loss (Lawrie, Sullivan, Davies and Hill, 2007, Schur et al., 2000). These are alarming results, since body dissatisfaction and dieting are considered to be the main