Body shape

at people, or more specifically, the way we want people to look. For example, mannequins at your local store and fashion magazines always portray unrealistic representation of the human body. The image expectations the media promotes is leading to a problem of body shaming particularly among young generations. Body shaming

about perfect body will change that can increase their self- esteem, confidence and acceptance to themselves. Percentage of eating disorder and young people engaging themselves to unhealthy lifestyle to achieve the ‘perfect body’ will decrease. ➢ Fitness industry will have a great opportunity to introduce the healthy lifestyle to people as prevention to unhealthy lifestyle and eating disorder. ➢ The media industry will give a new opportunity to the people with different body shapes who wants to be

There is not just one specific type of beauty norm. Each of our perceptions of normal and healthy beauty is being altered like the majority of the images of females that are being digitally altered. Sometimes it can be hard to identify real images from fake ones. The idea of what is beautiful is being manipulated through computer-generated imagery (CGI) and in print media. The representation of beauty is unrealistic and puts increased added peer-pressure on females, especially younger females, leading

more than children. Curvaceous and feminine women were desired across the nation, with famous model and actress, Marilyn Monroe, paving the way as the face (and body) of normalcy. In the present day, this concept of an ideal woman has slowly gravitated back towards the nineteenth century stereotype of having a frail, rail-thin body shape; however, social status is no longer the leading factor behind the movement. With the newly established capabilities of television access, commercial advertisements

Body image can also be very closely linked to self esteem, especially for those in their early teen years, meaning that the people who aren't happy or comfortable in their own skin and they way they naturally look are more likely to be less confident and have a lower self esteem compared to those who have become comfortable with who they are and what they look like. Social media has become a massive part of teenagers lives, the majority of us have either a Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat etc..This

female beauty should be ended due to an increase in body dissatisfaction, which leads to internalization, eating disorders and a loss of confidence in female adolescents. There are hundreds of studies backing these claims, and it something that has been observed time and time again on first-hand accounts. I will be analyzing how body dissatisfaction results in internalization, which is a predictive to eating disorders and a loss of confidence. Body dissatisfaction is a self-doubt mentality (ex. I do

distress), and sports (ballerinas, gymnasts, runners, and wrestlers are at a higher risk) also can play a role in who is being affected by an eating disorder” (Eating Disorders). Anorexia is a very serious eating disorder that causes your mind and your body to be completely obsessive about staying thin; also there have been a few cases where patients have taken self-starvation so far that it becomes life threating. There are many signs and symptoms to anorexia, a few include but are not limited to, “the

low body weight and an intense fear of gaining weight. This disorder results in unhealthy, often dangerous weight loss. It can affect women and men of all ages but the ratio of adolescence women is greater than men. The affected person places a high value on controlling his weight and shape, using extreme efforts that tend to significantly interfere with his life. This disorder commonly involves mental challenges such as exaggerated fear of becoming overweight or obese and unrealistic body image

The media has a significant influence on our point of view, especially on teenagers who are still forming their values. Can you see the real you in the mirror? Body image is based on the definition of beauty. However, it used to be twisted by media. In the past, we were told to lose weight to fit in whether it is healthy or not. When you turned on TVs or opened magazines, all you could see was skinny girls wearing skinny jeans. Thus, you stopped eating donuts and went on a diet only because you felt

very large, very heterogeneous, and very anonymous audiences” (Thompson et al. 93). “Body image is a complicated aspect of the self-concept that concerns an individual’s perception and feelings about their body and physical appearance” (Serdar 1). With the increasing percentage of today’s females struggling with personal body image issues, the media has been criticized for playing a critical role in bringing body discontentment upon the female population; several theories help explain how this discontentment