Would you blame media pressure and such for eating disorders among people aged from like, 10-18?
Yes, 100%.
I'm 13 years old in High School, and I haven't ate a proper, proper meal in weeks, months even. I eat healthy for breakfast, hardly nothing for lunch, and basically crackers with some tiny pathetic topping on top for dinner. Whenever I eat something, I have to check the calories in it, then measure how much I eat, and I calorie count everyday, and spend at least 2 hours a day exercising. Sure, this may not be so bad compared to some people in the rest of the world and their eating disorders, but listen to what some of my friends do.
One of my friends hasn't ate a proper meal in months, and I mean months. It was probably Christmas. She eats less than 500 calories a day, and for the past few weeks she hasn't had any energy at all and just mopes around at school. She lost 2 stone in 2 weeks and it's as if she has a fear of eating food.
Another one of my friends doesn't eat breakfast, has a cereal bar for lunch, and then if she has dinner at all, she has a small (and I mean small) salad. She gets her energy from one tiny pot of ice cream a day.
And that's just three of us. I think the media is a life ruining thing that puts so many people through things that no one should have to go through. A few years ago when I was a kid I really didn't understand about eating disorders and how someone would not want to eat, but now I do understand fully, and it's horrible. In my eyes, everyone who's career is associatted with the media is a sinful, sinful person.
yes
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No I blame the parents.
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yes. Now that is the only thing i would
blame on the media.
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no, the parents are more to blame
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yes.
the image that the media portrays as "healthy, beautiful" is actually underweight. (in fat percentage)
so, yes.
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yea
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nope, plain old peer pressure is enough to cause the problem.
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Yep, I would but people are also responsible when they buy those magazines and watch certain TV shows which are clearly very superficial.
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No because they are not force feeding us. It's up to the individual what they eat and can't eat. I know that sometimes we eat what we shouldn't but life is too short to worry about things like that.
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I blame all the staples in labia for this
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Yes definitely.
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I totally would.
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Recovered from an ED.
mostly parents fault
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no i blaim the indaviduals
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No, everybody sees the media and not everybody has an eating disorder. These people already had a mental problem to begin with!
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Yes, the media is partly to blame. It would sure be a lot easier on the youth of today growing up if they didn't have all that pressure to be skinny and "hot". But it's also how the child is raised. If it's raised to love itself no matter what and has a healthy self-esteem, it should survive the media barage.
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Absolutely yes. Because the messages in the media make overweight individuals feel bad about their bodies, which makes them want to eat more. Also, young adults especially young women feel the need to be slimmer, which can lead to anorexia and bulimia. We work harder than we think to conform to the image of a healthy and attractive person that the media puts out.
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Partially. Those kids also have to have a little bit of self-esteem problems to really get influenced by the media. Might be the parents' fault, or friends' fault, who knows?
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partly
but other things are involved too: bullying, peer pressure, parents, celebrities, its also just a form of mental illness- they may have had a traumatic past
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No blame their parents for letting them do that stupid crap…if my kid had a problem like that, they would be grounded and I'd be shovin food down their throat wether they liked it or not..
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Eating disorders have always been around. But the increase in number of these eating disorders, I think, can definitely be blammed on the media! Look around you – everywhere, there are bulletins with skinny, "beautiful" models. Watch TV, commercials, movies – the majority of the women are underweight. However, since this is glorified, teens think that being skinny is what being beautiful is. Big mistake!
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Some of them. I think recently researchers found out it can be caused by predetermined psychological disorders, and isn't necessarily influenced by the media, though that can help push it over the edge. Basically, they've found out, that's just the way those girls brains are wired. Anorexics and Bulimics have actual diseases and aren't just lacking self confidence.
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The media does put pressure on young girls (to be thin); however, I got through my teen years without having an eating disorder. I am not sure if you should blame the parents for not instilling enough self confidence into their children, or if the children just have a sickness, and no one is to blame.
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No. The parent(s) should be more in control. Funny how people can do things of their own free will and blame someone else if there's a problem. Turn off the media.
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Common sense.
Yes, 100%.
I'm 13 years old in High School, and I haven't ate a proper, proper meal in weeks, months even. I eat healthy for breakfast, hardly nothing for lunch, and basically crackers with some tiny pathetic topping on top for dinner. Whenever I eat something, I have to check the calories in it, then measure how much I eat, and I calorie count everyday, and spend at least 2 hours a day exercising. Sure, this may not be so bad compared to some people in the rest of the world and their eating disorders, but listen to what some of my friends do.
One of my friends hasn't ate a proper meal in months, and I mean months. It was probably Christmas. She eats less than 500 calories a day, and for the past few weeks she hasn't had any energy at all and just mopes around at school. She lost 2 stone in 2 weeks and it's as if she has a fear of eating food.
Another one of my friends doesn't eat breakfast, has a cereal bar for lunch, and then if she has dinner at all, she has a small (and I mean small) salad. She gets her energy from one tiny pot of ice cream a day.
And that's just three of us. I think the media is a life ruining thing that puts so many people through things that no one should have to go through. A few years ago when I was a kid I really didn't understand about eating disorders and how someone would not want to eat, but now I do understand fully, and it's horrible. In my eyes, everyone who's career is associatted with the media is a sinful, sinful person.
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yes i definately would. just the image that they put out there in the modeling industry and fashion magazies makes every girl think that they need to be a size 0 and weigh under 100lbs no matter what they really look like.
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