disordered are male, numbering close to a million men a year(Shiltz).Today the number of eating disorder cases continues to grow. In fact in recent years there has been a steady growth in the number of cases of eating disorders reported, from 8.1 people per 1,000 to 10.3 people per 1,000 (Healthy Weight Journal, 1998). One percent of teenage girls in the U.S. will develop an eating disorder and up to 10% of those may die as a result (American Anorexia Bulimia Association, INC).So even though we now know a lot more about eating disorders, this currently isn’t preventing people from developing one or lowering the number of cases that are reported. Also recently, during the 1990's well known celebrity Richard Simmons came forward about his struggles with an eating disorder. (History of Eating Disorders, 2000). In a recent poll by People magazine 80% of women reported that the images of women of TV and in movies, fashion magazines ad advertising makes them feel insecure about the way they look. In addition, the poll indicated that women are made to feel so insecure that they are willing to try unsafe fad diets and 93% indicated they had made various and repeated attempts to lose weight in attempt to look more like the women that the media is portraying (Healthy Weight Journal, 1998). These college women that view the pictures that are illustrated in magazines and so forth have a tendency to rate themelves lower, as well as, causing numerous other unhealthy feelings. Like for instances they increase depression, stress, guilt, shame, insecurity and body dissatisfaction (Healthy Weight Journal, 1998). There is currently a lot of confusion in our society about eating disorders and what we should done in regards to them. Nobody can positively say what causes eating disorders, but there are a lot of possible factors that can play a role in developing one. But one thing is for sure they are a very complex circumstances that occur be...
