Statistics

Eating Disorders:

Women- 7 million struggle

Men- 1 million struggle



Media:

Women- the average woman is 5'4" tall and 140 pounds

Men- the average man is 5'11" tall and 117 pounds



Children influences by parents, peers, and media:

42% of elementary students between 1st and 3rd grade want to be thin

80% of children 10 years old are afraid of being fat

Body Image Media

Women- Female bodies are everywhere. Some advertising business's use womens' bodies to sell prodects ranging from food to cars. Pressure on women to look and behave certain ways is so deeply ingrained in our pysches that it's easy to overlook the mass culture has on how people feel about their bodies.

Men- "Culture of muscularity" is whats hot on most males thoughts. TV images of muscular, shirtless men lifting weights and selling cologne and deodorant leave men with the insecurity that they are unhappy with their muscles.

Teenage Girls- In todays society teenage girls feel the need to be skinny or guys won't like them. They feel that they need to starve themselves to lose weight to be as small as other girls. The latest fashions also influence their body image. Hollister and Abercrombie modles aren't "fat". Girls tend to look up and try to look like most models.

Teenage Boys- Most "popular" teenage males are athletes. Peers develope the feeling that they need to be athletic to help look good. Also to work out and have a nice body to get ladies. Men aren't very concerned with body images as much as females.