Celebrities and Eating Disorders

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This paper assesses the reason celebrities, women in particular, are more vulnerable to eating disorders. The writer of this paper explores the intense pressure created by the media and the public that demands total physical perfection. This paper discusses the current public attitude towards female celebrities as defined by the media that thinner is better. This paper also ponders the symptoms and effects of anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

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"The media plays a large part in the problem of eating disorders, by creating the myth of the skinnier the better. Models and actresses have become skinnier every year. Many models are so skinny they look like junkies. It is an unhealthy look, but advertisements in Rolling Stone, Teen, Seventeen, and other magazines popular with teens promote the junky look, and young women who wish to be actresses feel pressure to meet these standards."

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