ry little, if any at all, but most of them claim that they do not get hungry. It is a very dangerous and serious disease.Sports are one of the factors that lead to eating disorders. Gymnasts and dancers have to maintain a small skinny frame. They tried to maintain or loose weight to a stay in shape. There are many other sports were athletes have eating disorders. Some examples are track, swimming, cross-country, youth football and other sports. In order to maintain their weight most of them eat less and they over exercise to keep them in shape. Another cause of this sometimes-fatal disease has to do with body image and peer pressure. A person with eating disorder typically suffers from a body image disturbance that can impact many areas his or her life. Most women are given the message at a very young age that in order to be happy and successful, they must be thin. For example, every time you walk into a store you are surrounded by the images of emaciated models that appear on the front cover of all the fashion magazines. Thousands of teenage girls are starving themselves this very minute trying to attain what fashion industry considers to be the ideal figure. The average model weights less than an average woman does. Teenagers need to realize societys ideal body image is not achievable. The photos we see in the magazines are not real either. For instance these photos have gone through many touch ups and have been airbrushed to make the models look perfect. With all these advertisement, teenagers are lead to believe that the only way they can be accepted in, is if they are thin. Peer pressure also has major role in teen eating disorders. Todays society calls woman to be real skinny and a man to be thin and strong. Media also plays big role in eating disorders especially in teens. For example, teenagers watch shows like Beverly Hills 90210 and Ally Mcbeal to feel they need to look as thin as this stars on these shows. ...
