Why does the media promote eating disorders?!
Question:
Why does the media promote eating disorders?
Many people will disagree and say they don't, but they do. They obsess about and promote "the skinny idea". They say that skinny is beautiful, and that skinny people are happier. This makes me sick. You see, I am a recovering bulimic, and I know what eating disorders are like. They are terrible dieseases that kill people. And the media causes most of them. They try to prove that they are against eating disorders by constantly putting underweight stars in the spotlight, but then flip the page in the magazine and they show you how to lose weight. The mass importance of this issue is too often overlooked.
Answers:
Because there is a lot of money to be made in eating disorders. Articles, treatments, etc. The media is affecting everyone subliminally. The media, combined with other factors, can deeply damage the psyche of young people. Nobody realizes that they're being schemed. It's one big, sick marketing tool.