People watch television, read magazines, and face the society’s image of the perfect body image on a daily basis. Television shows portray stick thin women such as Calista Flockheart, Jennifer Aniston, and Courtney Cox along with many others, to be what is desirable. Magazines show lanky skin and bone girls in ads for things such as perfume and clothing and are filled with the latest fads in dieting. And the public in general is …showed first 75 words of 2174 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2174 total…of anorexia, the physical and social effects it has on its victims, how it can spread, who is most at risk, some rare cases, and treatment for the disease. If this happened there would most likely be more healthy young people that were confident with themselves rather than insecure dying bodies. It is only a matter of deciding which means more: living a full and happy life, or starving oneself to death, which is it? 7