The media should stop imposing a certain image of beauty on young women.

the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
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In Western Countries

 The body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal is possessed naturally by only 5% of American females. 47% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported wanting to lose weight because of magazine pictures. 69% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape. 42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner (Collins, 1991). 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat (Mellin et al., 1991).

Anorexia nervosa: characterized by emaciation, a relentless pursuit of thinness and unwillingness to maintain a normal or healthy weight, a distortion of body image and intense fear of gaining weight, a lack of menstruation among girls and women, and extremely disturbed eating behavior. Bulimia nervosa: characterized by recurrent and frequent episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food (e.g., bingeeating), and feeling a lack of control over the eating. This bingeeating is followed by a type of behavior that compensates for the binge, such as purging (e.g., vomiting, excessive use of laxatives or diuretics), fasting and/or excessive exercise. Binge Eating: characterized by insatiable cravings that can occur any time of the day or night, usually secretive, and filled with shame. Bingeing is often rooted in poor body image, use of food to deal with stress, low self-esteem and tied to dysfunctional thoughts.
Source: National association of anorexia nervosa and associated disorders

 An estimated 0.5 to 3.7 percent of women suffer from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime. An estimated 1.1 to 4.2 percent of women have bulimia nervosa in their lifetime. 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems.

Field et al reported that 69% of girls reading magazines stated that pictures influenced their idea of the perfect body shape, and 47% reported wanting to lose weight because of the magazine pictures.