Bordo’s argument is effective because her sources support her reasons and strengthen her ethos, her word choice, and she’s also able to refute a potential counterargument to prove her claim that the media has influenced body image. Bordo uses credible sources about body image. Women for the most part argued with Bordo about not having done enough research on other races and gender with growing eating disorders in 1993 in her book Unbearable Weight. When in fact, the number of eating and body image problems among Hispanic, African Americans,
A study published in the Journal of Communication found that high school girls as young as thirteen are affected by the media’s portrayal of ultra-thin models and celebrities. The article goes on to say if children grow up and see thin women in advertisements, on television, and in film, they accept this as reality despite evidence in the ‘real word’. This is called the cultivation theory. Ultra thin women depicted in the media are constantly influencing American female youth who are most prone to developing eating disorders as a result of repeated exposure to such images. This article is saying the reason for the increase in eating disorders is directly related to the
Over the last couple of years, the United States has, not only, become the most obese country in the world, but also has a large increase in health problems such as heart attacks, diabetes, high blood pressure, and strokes. Business executives of fast food restaurants do not consider the well being of their consumers because that same greed they have, doesn’t allow them to worry about them. In chapter two of the book, “Welcome to Fatland,” there is a focus on how executives came up with different ways to earn more profits and entice customers to buy their products. The best marketing strategy they have developed is “bigness.” Basically, this strategy consists of offering larger quantities to consumers. The cost to the company to produce bigger goods is only slightly different than producing the regular sized, and they could charge consumers a higher amount.
This is shown in Seinfeld when Kramer and George purchased a secondhand wheelchair for Kramer's girlfriend, as it was significantly cheaper than a brand new one. A further analysis of the Seinfeld group illustrates that their decision was not only the result of both their personal characteristics and lack of information, but also the product of the group identity as a whole. Another example was when the group had to buy an engagement present for their good friend and each decided to chip-in to purchase a big-screen TV that was on sale. Although good deeds were performed, concern for the interests and outcomes of the group were of more importance. Kramer and George made a poor decision
The younger generation think that is what they should do since that is what they see on TV and the internet. Divinecaroline.com state “Reality shows have become very popular and teens have begun to realize that you can become famous just by being a bad girl, teen mom, or a crazy party animal who likes to do nothing but drink and “smush,” like the cast members on Jersey Shore.” Shows like this are giving teens the wrong idea. Why should the cast be paid so much for setting a bad example? This country is supposed to be looked up to as a great clean country. With shows like this on air for the world to see it is a disgrace.
Obesity itself cannot solely be blamed on the high consumption of soda or sugary-drinks, but there is a strong correlation between the two. Boston Children’s Hospital preformed a study with 224 overweight, or obese, high school students. Half of the recipients received free home deliveries of zero-calorie drinks along with water; others received a fifty dollar gift card. According to this study, “after one year, the gift card recipients had gained more weight than those who got the calorie-free drinks” (“Getting Fat on Sugary-Drinks” 8). The evidence provided in this study concludes that soda can be a leading factor in obesity rates, and that water or lower-calorie drinks can help prevent obesity.
What Is Cystic Fibrosis? At lunch, Lindsay often gets bored with having the same old conversation with her friends: "You're so lucky!" "Yeah, I'd give anything to be able to eat as much as you do and be so skinny!" "Cheeseburgers or mac and cheese every day — that would be great." Lindsay is one of about 30,000 people living with cystic fibrosis (CF) in the United States, and she has to eat high-fat, high-calorie foods just to stay healthy.
"The campaign, 'Rethink Your Drink,' takes aim at sugary drinks like soda, sports drinks and fake ‘juices’.” A 2012 survey of over 600 Hawaii teenagers revealed that 93 percent reported consuming sugary drinks every week, and 48 percent said they had a sugary drink every day. (Twenty-seven percent of teenagers and over half of adults in Hawaii are overweight or obese.)" Led by the Department of Health, Hawaii hopes to reach out to 100% of its teenagers to educate about the sugary drinks being consumed. In the effort to teach as opposed to restrict, this campaign has shown a greater decline in obesity rates. The secret is using a 'gross' method which depicts teenagers drinking bottles of lard with fat flowing down their faces.
One-third of young US girls, about 820,000, become pregnant before they turn 20 (80% are unmarried) and 4 million American teens contract an STD each year. (Teen Sex- Do Abstinence Only Programs Discourage Teen Sex? Web) With these statistics, it is apparent that teens are not making wise decisions regarding their own health and well-being. Nothing is more serious and personal than your health, and teens don’t seem to be able to grasp the gravity of the situation. Teens are bombarded with sex education, and yet have the highest STD rates in the country.
With seventy percent of mothers returning to the workforce, the parents of obese children have a hard time regulating the food intake (HuffPost Health, 2010). Most cases of obesity in children can be pointed back to the parents being negligent, but there are relatively small amounts that are caused by a genetic defect. Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) affects1 in 15,000 babies that are born in the United States. PWS is the most common known genetic cause of life-threatening obesity in children. The constant feeling of being hungry is one on the typical symptoms that comes with PWS.. PWS is caused by the baby failing to receive active genes from a specific section of the father’s chromosome 15 (PWSAUSA, 2011).