Body image and eating disorders in the United States remain to be one of the most significant concerns of the society. For long, the media has associated the image of beauty in females with being skinny. This has also led to the fact that females now look to imitate the models that they see on television. Being skinny and tall is regarded as being physically and sexually attractive. The National Eating Disorders association revealed that the average woman in America has a height of 5 feet 4 inches and a weight of 140 pounds. As stated above, models or women ...