In American society women are taught starting from a young age that in order to be successful, happy and beautiful, they must be thin. Eating disorders are on the rise, which is not surprising given the value society places on this false belief. Everywhere you look, television and magazine advertising show images of glamorous thin models and actresses; you cannot escape these pictures even if you tried. Approximately seven million teenage girls in America starve …showed first 75 words of 1526 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1526 total…of life, it becomes ones life. Anorexia is a disease, which not only affects you physically, but mentally. And since it doesn't look like Hollywood is going to change the view of the perfect stick figured woman anytime soon, the only solution for our girls to survive is to unlearn. They must lose the belief that self worth is measured by size and shape. That is the ticket to happy, healthy and essentially beautiful people.