 According to Medical Procedure News, reality television is attributing to cosmetic surgery procedures

with more than 9.2 million procedures performed as result of people watching these shows
 According to WebMD Medical News, reality television is contributing to eating disorders in teen girls. 

With shows like Are You Hot? The Search for America’s Sexiest People and Extreme Make

Over, young women believe that to be excepted you have to be “hot” or a “bombshell.” (Kirchheimer)

Since the boom of reality television in 2000, eating disorders in teenage girls (ages 13-19) have nearly

trippled.
 Americans spend 1/3 of their free time watching television and of that 67% are reality shows

(“Statistics…”)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/03/reality-tv-fuels-body-anxiety-in-young-
people-survey-love-island

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-prime/201101/popular-culture-reality-tv-is-not-
reality

https://healthland.time.com/2011/10/18/what-reality-tv-teaches-teen-girls/

https://www.onepoll.com/the-reality-tv-habit/