Obsession of Weight Loss in Modern Society

WEIGHT OBSESSED WOMAN Media and celebrities place extreme amount of pressure on women to maintain a slender figure. Through childhood to adulthood, we are bombarded with images of stick skinny woman and this is the way almost everyone wants to look. Although there are other factors the media is the primary source of obsession with being thin. Why has this become such a popular trend? Is this what society says is acceptable? Prove has shown that ladies exposed to pictures of thin models experience more depression,stress,guilt,shame,insecurity and body dissatisfaction than those exposed to photo of average sized woman. In a world where images seem to be everything, it’s hard not to pay attention to the way you look. Everyone wants to be that Victoria secrete model, the problem is that many go wrong way about obtaining that image and even go the extra of hurting themselves to reach that ideal look. How far would you go to lose a few pounds and improve your energy, flexibility, sex life? More importantly, how far would you go to make people admire your muscular 6-pack abs, massive muscles, or shapely bottom and toned tummy? Today, people aren’t just improving their general health with 24-hour gym memberships and careful dieting, no, instead they are obsessed with transforming their looks, physiques and personal identities. Our favorite Hollywood stars are going through extreme health or hazardous behaviors while steadily shrinking pant sizes, profoundly influence our cultural values, beliefs, behaviors and self-awareness and this is damaging our well-being. Every media influence is shoving in all American girls, women and sometimes men faces that thin is in and fat is out. The burden of attempting to have the flawless build has been climbing to unrealistic heights in the past years.in the forty’s the sexy look for women was to be curvaceous and have some meat in her bones, however from the late eighties more emphasis was placed on having no figure at

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