Role of Media Images on Anorexia Nervosa

These images have a very intense effect on developing young women, particularly those with a fragile ego or low self-esteem, who take it as a personal criticism of their own body image and strive to attain the unreal, and often the impossible, seriously endangering their health, and even their life, in the process. It is estimated that one percent of the United States female population suffer from anorexia nervosa, and similar figures are found around the world (NAMI, 2003). The cause of the disorder is not known, and it may be a complex mix of psychological problems - low self-esteem, dysfunctional family relationships, and depression.

Although it attacks so many young people every year, and several celebrities have come out and announced they were suffering from anorexia nervosa

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er Reeves, who became paralyzed after a fall from a horse caused a spinal cord injury in 1995 (Jackson, 2005). Though he had the best of care, was forever in the public eye and promoting more research into spinal cord disorders, raising money and granting $53 million in research grants from the foundation he established, no cure has been found in the 10 years since its founding, even though the foundation says it has research which promises hope for those with spinal cord disorders, Alzheimer's disease, AKS, stroke and Parkinson's disease. Perlmutter worries that raising money through celebrity appeals which tout raising money for a cure may give false hope to those suffering from these devastating diseases where none is in sight. Celebrities can have a great influence on Congress as well as the media because of their sheer attractiveness. Julia Roberts made an impressive appeal to Congress on behalf of victims of Rett syndrome, a neurological disorder affecting young children (Moreno, 2002). Mr Stier, the Associate Director of the American Council on Science and Health, a non-profit organization that studies public health and financing issues, says that while there is nothing wrong with celebrities raising money for orphan d
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