With everything in the media convincing young people that "thin is better" and that if you don't look like the models in magazines, you aren't beautiful, eating disorders in younger and younger people is up.
Recently, I did some research on the number of anorexic and bulimic children and the ages of these children are astoundingly young. 7 and 8 year olds are not uncommonly placed in facilities to help them overcome their disorders, and a lot of it has to do with fellow children teasing them, programs on TV that influence them such as "The Biggest Loser" and magazines that give tips on weight loss.
Children are learning more about counting calories and how to photoshop their profile pictures for places like facebook.
Through all the madness, there are some young people who are happy with their bodies and are against airbrushing! Such as in this case of a teenager who went up against Seventeen Magazine, and I hope that more girls will see this and follow!
So, do you think that things like airbrushing, photoshopping, etc for this type of purpose should stop?
Recently, I did some research on the number of anorexic and bulimic children and the ages of these children are astoundingly young. 7 and 8 year olds are not uncommonly placed in facilities to help them overcome their disorders, and a lot of it has to do with fellow children teasing them, programs on TV that influence them such as "The Biggest Loser" and magazines that give tips on weight loss.
Children are learning more about counting calories and how to photoshop their profile pictures for places like facebook.
Through all the madness, there are some young people who are happy with their bodies and are against airbrushing! Such as in this case of a teenager who went up against Seventeen Magazine, and I hope that more girls will see this and follow!
So, do you think that things like airbrushing, photoshopping, etc for this type of purpose should stop?
