Adversity Being Skinny Research Paper

     Plato once said, "We behold beauty in the eye of the mind...." What some people consider beauty others may not. From the actresses that are shown on television, movies, models that are in magazines, and the pop stars that create hip and modern music videos, one could be under the impression that to be beautiful you must thin. Actresses such as Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Michelle Gheller, Clarista Flockheart, Courtney Cox and Debra Messing all have staring roles in their own television shows and are all extremely thin. The audiences of these shows being mostly women and adolescent girls, what kind of message about body image are they sending out?

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Body image has a huge impact on people in America today. People are constantly worrying whether they are too fat for society’s expectations, and think that being skinny is the only way to be. Advertisements and movies tend to play a huge role on attitudes towards appearance. Because they are surrounded by images of skinny people, Americans today, especially women, believe that having cellulite-free legs and a size zero waist is the best body appearance. This is what society today looks for in life, and tends to influence the reaction of others when they meet someone new.

There is a global health crisis affecting many people around the world. Eating Disorders is a mental health condition often misunderstood by people that do not have the condition. It can trigger vomiting, bingeing, depression, and health issues. Eating disorders are illnesses that cause serious disturbances to the everyday diet. They can affect men, women and children of all ages. This research paper will describe the different types of eating disorders, who may be affected by the eating disorders, what resources are available for those who have eating disorder illness, how to treat the illness, and why they are a global

It’s almost impossible to hide from the news and discussion about the obesity epidemic that’s taking both lives and shattering the quality of life world wide. It’s in the papers, on television and being blogged about on the internet almost endlessly.

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I have always found eating disorders to be an interesting population that I have wanted to work with in the field. The negative body image and thoughts that people have of themselves is something I have wanted to look further into as to why this population think the way that they do. I have learned a great deal just by watching the videos and reading articles that pertain to eating disorders.

America is a beacon for immigrants like my Filipino parents who courageously desired to better themselves by seeking opportunity in the United States. Their older siblings toiled in rice farms in order to make a living and were supportive in ensuring better lifestyles for their younger siblings. Their siblings’ salaries successfully paved my parents’ path to becoming the first in their families to graduate with degrees in civil engineering and enter Canada; however, this step was just the beginning. A graveyard shift at the 7-Eleven gas station and a McDonald’s uniform were only a few of the hardships my parents were forced to come to terms with, but they became inured to adversity, and eventually, their determination was rewarded with a job opening in Brownsville, Texas.

Overcoming adversity is a challenge that everyone has to face. Some good examples of people who overcame adversity are the Boston Marathon runners, John J. Pinder, and Malala Yousafzai. They all had challenges to face, but they never gave up. Overcoming adversity is going to be hard, but the ending will be worthwhile, that’s why patience is needed to overcome adversity. Life is like a roller coaster, full of ups, downs, inside outs, sometimes you may start out slow, but as you go along, you speed up, in adversity, it may take some time to think about how to overcome it, but you’ get the hang of it and will eventually overcome it. Malala was faced with a lot of problems and challenges, but she pulled through and overcame adversity.

People tend to complicate their own lives as if living is not already complicated enough, but in these complex problems are the most powerful opportunities. Highly acclaimed authors John Updike, Raymond Carver, and Kate Chopin relate this to the world of literature by illustrating innovative plots in which the protagonists are confronted with crucial decisions that complicate their lives and threaten their traditional lifestyles by making them question their deep-rooted morals and the constantly evolving world they think they understand. In the short stories “Popular Mechanics,” “A Pair of Silk Stockings,” and “A&P,” each of the central characters suffer personal adversity in trying to redefine themselves, in which their success of reinvention

A large nose, acne-prone skin, single eyelids, and the list goes on. We all wish we could change that one imperfection we have. However, some of us can accept it and carry on with our lives; not for sufferers of body dysmorphic disorder.

Often, people of all ages, race, and gender catch themselves gazing into mirrors for hours, blaming themselves for the way they look, not realizing that the media is actually the one to blame for many people’s body image. Body image is the way people see themselves, or how they assume other people see them. It is not likely to see a plus sized model in a magazine or a model on the runway with blemishes on her face. A person’s negative perception of their own body is not because they think it is wrong to look and be healthy; it is because the media is telling them that being a size 2 with flawless skin is healthy and beautiful.

It is funny how so many girls and women today are led to believe that the only way to feel attractive and be beautiful is to have their bodies consist of nothing but skin and bones. Women are dieting more today then they have ever been before. They are striving for an unattainable body figure that is portrayed by the media as being the ideal standard for today's women. It gets worse. Not only are women dieting unlike ever before, but they will ruthlessly harm their bodies in order to achieve these inaccessible standards. This ruthless harm that haunts so many women today just so happens to be what we call eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia are the primary diseases that go in the category of eating

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The national broadcast network of China has once produced a popular TV show, "Are You Happy?", More than 3500 people were interviewed by answering the question, from garbage collectors to public servants to Nobel winner, the 90% of the respondents which claimed by the produced said they were "happy" (Chinadaily, 2014), and the result may sound too good to be true. According to another official survey conducted across 24 cities in 2010 had showed that 75% of Chinese urban resident felt either "fairly happy" or "very happy" (Xiangwei, 2015). Why the Chinese feel so happy? One of the reasons were concluded by the Chinese researchers in the national survey claimed the Chinese salaries increased from a low base (Chinadaily, 2014), people feel happier as they made more money; the report from Financial Times also suggested that average incomes of Chinese have more than tripled over the past decade (Docin, 2015). Here comes the question, there is a tendency of the society is in an atmosphere of chasing wealth, money comes first, which directly or indirectly caused a serious of severe issues, the corruption, the food safety, the moral crisis and so on, the worst of all, people seems to be accustomed to the Scandals over pork disguised as beef, recycled waste cooking oil and other demoralization acts which have made headlines. The issues described above raised several questions about which the author curious. This essay will help me to understand those queries around me according to