will be addressed. In February 1998, over 600 college campuses participated in a National Eating DisordersScreening Program; of the 26,000 students who filled out questionnaires, 4,700 were referred fortreatment (52-72). As this problem rages on campuses across the United States, most do notrealize how devastating these diseases can be. Studies have shown that with good treatment, 70percent of people with eating disorders will be cured; although, this cure could take years toachieve. Sociologist, Traci Mann, says, I can tell that what matters is whats going on in herhead and heart, but when she turns on the TV, she sees that what really matters is how youlook(52-72) In conclusion, the media plays a tremendous role in womens body dissatisfaction; although, there are other causes, the media simply makes those worse. Most women are veryvulnerable to how the media portrays women on TV, in magazines, and many other aspects of oureveryday life. It is a very extensive problem effecting little girls to grown women. Even thoughthe media says it is trying to work with the issue, their actions speak louder than words. Will this problem ever be treated? Will women always want to be skinniest of them all? It used to beunfashionable to be sickly thin, but now it is the way to be and if you are not a boney skeletonthen you are considered fat. This makes for a poor self image and women are thinking they arefat when really they are that their normal weight. If the normal weight in the 40s and 50s was tobe curvaceous and have some meat on your bones, how will it be in the years to come? It seemsthat the normal weight keeps getting smaller and smaller. When will we be little enough? Withthe extreme amount of pressure on women to be thin, who knows what the ideal woman will looklike in twenty years. If this continues, eating disorders will be vast epidemics that will spread allthrough the country, worse than it is today. It is totally ...
