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    The Influence of Media On Eating Disorders Among Children and Adolescents

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    The document discusses how media influences eating disorders among children and adolescents. It explores two journal articles on this topic. The first article finds that TV shows promote unrealistic body images that lead adolescents, especially overweight ones, to develop eating disorders. The second article finds that both gender and sexual orientation influence how media impacts body image and eating disorders, with females facing more pressure and higher rates of anorexia. Both articles show how media promotes body ideals that cause body dissatisfaction and unhealthy dieting among youth.

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    The document discusses how media influences eating disorders among children and adolescents. It explores two journal articles on this topic. The first article finds that TV shows promote unrealistic body images that lead adolescents, especially overweight ones, to develop eating disorders. The second article finds that both gender and sexual orientation influence how media impacts body image and eating disorders, with females facing more pressure and higher rates of anorexia. Both articles show how media promotes body ideals that cause body dissatisfaction and unhealthy dieting among youth.

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    The document discusses how media influences eating disorders among children and adolescents. It explores two journal articles on this topic. The first article finds that TV shows promote unrealistic body images that lead adolescents, especially overweight ones, to develop eating disorders. The second article finds that both gender and sexual orientation influence how media impacts body image and eating disorders, with females facing more pressure and higher rates of anorexia. Both articles show how media promotes body ideals that cause body dissatisfaction and unhealthy dieting among youth.

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    The Influence of Media on Eating Disorders Among Children and Adolescents

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    The Influence of Media on Eating Disorders Among Children and Adolescents

    Eating disorders entail a range of several psychological conditions that lead to the

    development of unhealthy eating habits. Such habits may include: Eating too fast, Skipping

    meals, Overeating, Eating when not hungry, and not following a proper eating schedule. Healthy

    eating is a key to good health and well-being and helps maintain a healthy weight. Eating

    disorders may start as a food obsession leading to weight gain. If left untreated, eating disorders

    may result in serious health problems such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and high

    blood cholesterol. Anorexia nervosa is a type of eating disorder that develops during childhood

    and adolescence where individuals avoid eating certain food types to avoid being overweight. In

    bulimia nervosa, individuals consume a relatively huge amount of food and maybe overweight.

    Researchers have strived to identify the causes of eating disorders. Factors such as genetics,

    environment, and lifestyles have been linked to unhealthy eating habits. This paper will

    determine how media influence eating disorders among children and adolescents.

    Journal Article #1

    Uchôa et al. (2019) investigate the role of TV shows and the media in promoting eating

    disorders among children and adolescents. Media promotes a sense of physical beauty by using

    slim and well-shaped vixens in their shows. Adolescents who watch such shows feel dissatisfied

    with their bodies as they cannot match these expectations. Internalization of this body image

    often leads to eating disorders. Uchôa et al. (2019) found that media had a huge effect on body

    image among oversized adolescent students and had a high likelihood of developing eating

    disorders. Adolescents will try to lose weight to look like their favorite TV idols. The most used
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    method is avoiding eating with results in eating disorders. How media represents preferred body

    images affects society.

    Journal Article #1

    Salas-Humara et al. (2015) investigate media's influence by gender and sexual orientation

    among adolescents with eating disorders. The study finds out that both gender and sexual

    orientation influence body image perceptions among teenagers. Various sexual orientations

    experience the impact of media on body image differently. For example, sexual minorities

    reported less media influence than heterosexual youths. This study suggests that there is a need

    to explore the gender differences in eating disorders.

    Females face more pressure than men and desire to have attractive body shapes. As a

    result, women are reported to suffer more from Anorexia Nervosa as compared to men. Media

    has a role in creating body image stereotypes of what is beautiful and desirable. This article is

    relevant to the research question as it provides new insights into how eating disorders affect

    different genders. This study represents how media influences adolescents to engage in

    unhealthy eating habits to look perfect.


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    References

    Salas-Humara, C. L., MD, McClain, Z., MD, Dowshen, N., MD, Carlson, J., MD, Lock, J., MD,

    & Peebles, R., MD. (2015). 169. media influences by gender and sexual orientation

    among adolescents with eating disorders. Journal of Adolescent Health, 56(2), S87-S87.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.10.174

    Uchôa, F. N. M., Uchôa, N. M., Daniele, T. M. D. C., Lustosa, R. P., Garrido, N. D., Deana, N.

    F., ... & Alves, N. (2019). Influence of the mass media and body dissatisfaction on the

    risk in adolescents of developing eating disorders. International journal of environmental

    research and public health, 16(9), 1508.


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