Epidemic of Eating Disorders
She comes home from school drained. She is exhausted beyond belief. That extra workout was brutal, but without it she might not have worked off the banana and water from today. Her stomach pleads for something to sooth it, but she tells herself that if she eats that granola bar her mom snuck into her bag, she will never look like the models. The models are so much skinnier than she is, and by eating that granola bar she is putting herself further away from her goal to look like the Victoria Secret models she watched on television the other night. She ignores her stomach’s cries as she takes a shower. Before getting in she hesitates for a second and evaluates herself in the mirror. She has been dieting for months now and she still does not see herself as “model material.” She makes the water extremely hot as though she is in a sauna in hopes to sweat off some extra weight. After her steamy shower she heads to bed. She lays in bed and tries to prepare herself to start the cycle all over again tomorrow. Because thin bodies are universally known as the ideal body image, eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia, are widely accepted; therefore, men and women wishing to shift their body image perspectives are struggling due to the media, children’s toys, and athletes.