ADVERTISING AND THE OBSESSION WITH THINNESS

Advertising and the obsession with thinness

Advertising and the obsession with thinness

Anorexia and bulimia

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are psychological illnesses that lead us to consume too much or too little. Eating disorders are possibly life-threatening illnesses that need direct medical attention(Cassell, 2000).

An eating disorder may be present, though, when

An individual values food to ease disquiet provoked by a new job, a party, a deadline or an ordinary criticism.

An individual constantly bewilders appetite for hunger.

Anorexia nervosa may be a try to command one's life by declining an evolving body. By starving themselves, anorexic young women bypass developing breasts ...