Media Impact
The role of the media plays a part in eating disorders. It’s not definite that the media is the actual cause of eating disorders but it definitely plays a huge role in how people start to perceive themselves. When women see in the media how thin celebrities are they feel like they have to obtain that same look. What they do not realize is that it is fake and unhealthy to try to be the size of women they see in the magazines and on television. Other ways the media might display women is through Barbies. Little girls play with Barbies and they think they have to look like them when they grow up. The media tells women a mixed message of what is sexy and it causes them to have difficulty choosing role models.