“It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men,” and that “[o]ne in 200 American women suffers from anorexia” (DMH). In 2013, anorexia is a highly known issue. It is no secret that anorexia is on the rise in society. Since statistics have increasingly soared through the last decade, more people are becoming concerned with the dangerous issue, including Dorothy Grice, MD. She states that anorexia is a disease that can be passed down through generations (Grice 39). On the other hand, Sharlene Nagy Hesse- Biber, a professor of Women’s Studies at Boston College, argues: “Anorexia is a self-inflicted eating disorder” (233). There are several different approaches when considering how to label anorexia ultimately showing that “anorexia nervosa” should be categorized as a type of an eating disorder, not as a disease. Student 1 Good Student Professor English 1 February 22, 2017 Argument Essay A Technological Approach “Few individuals in the world are untouched by some form of technology; they wear it on their wrists, carry it in their pockets or purses, go to sleep and wake up to it, and may even depend on it to keep their heart beating at the right pace” (Odom et al. 3805). There is nothing that technology cannot do. So why not use this technology to create more opportunities for people with disabilities? The topic of disabilities has been around for hundreds of years ranging further back than the Middle Ages where people with disabilities were pushed away from society and thought to have demons inside of them and that the only option was to kill them (Mackelprang 5). Since then, studies have continued to develop new ideas, the biggest progression being in 1990 with the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (an anti- discrimination law based on disability). This opened windows for people with disabilities to get the help they need, doctors to develop new treatment plans, and researchers to develop new technology. The biggest obstacle regarding the use of technology is the cost, however the overall outcomes from it grossly outweighs the initial price for the devices. Also, an important thought to keep in mind is that not every child or adult is capable of properly handling devices (Darewych 100). It is clear that recent developments in technology have drastically increased the health and wellness of people with cognitive disabilities through empowerment, stimulation, and community access. Student 2 There are several different ways to interpret certain subject matters. For the purpose of the current argument, the following terms will be defined: cognitive- “the action or process of knowing” (OED), disability- “a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities” (OED), independence - “the fact of not depending on another…[or] individual liberty of th.

1. “It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating
disorder – seven million women and
one million men,” and that “[o]ne in 200 American women
suffers from anorexia” (DMH). In
2013, anorexia is a highly known issue. It is no secret that
anorexia is on the rise in society.
Since statistics have increasingly soared through the last
decade, more people are becoming
concerned with the dangerous issue, including Dorothy Grice,
MD. She states that anorexia is a
disease that can be passed down through generations (Grice 39).
On the other hand, Sharlene
Nagy Hesse- Biber, a professor of Women’s Studies at Boston
College, argues: “Anorexia is a
self-inflicted eating disorder” (233). There are several different
approaches when considering
how to label anorexia ultimately showing that “anorexia
nervosa” should be categorized as a
type of an eating disorder, not as a disease.

2. Student 1
Good Student
Professor
English 1
February 22, 2017
Argument Essay
A Technological Approach
“Few individuals in the world are untouched by some form of
technology; they wear it
on their wrists, carry it in their pockets or purses, go to sleep
and wake up to it, and may even
depend on it to keep their heart beating at the right pace”
(Odom et al. 3805). There is nothing
that technology cannot do. So why not use this technology to
create more opportunities for
people with disabilities? The topic of disabilities has been
around for hundreds of years ranging
further back than the Middle Ages where people with
disabilities were pushed away from

3. society and thought to have demons inside of them and that the
only option was to kill them
(Mackelprang 5). Since then, studies have continued to develop
new ideas, the biggest
progression being in 1990 with the passing of the Americans
with Disabilities Act (an anti-
discrimination law based on disability). This opened windows
for people with disabilities to get
the help they need, doctors to develop new treatment plans, and
researchers to develop new
technology. The biggest obstacle regarding the use of
technology is the cost, however the overall
outcomes from it grossly outweighs the initial price for the
devices. Also, an important thought
to keep in mind is that not every child or adult is capable of
properly handling devices
(Darewych 100). It is clear that recent developments in
technology have drastically increased the
health and wellness of people with cognitive disabilities
through empowerment, stimulation, and
community access.
Student 2

4. There are several different ways to interpret certain subject
matters. For the purpose of
the current argument, the following terms will be defined:
cognitive- “the action or process of
knowing” (OED), disability- “a physical or mental condition
that limits a person’s
movements, senses, or activities” (OED), independence - “the
fact of not depending on
another…[or] individual liberty of thought or action” (OED),
empowerment- “To give (a
person) the means, ability, or strength to do something” (OED),
stimulation- “Excitation to
increased activity, quickening of some vital function or
process” (OED), and access-“to gain
admission to” (OED). Where social circumstances often skew
the meanings of words, the
definitions found in the Oxford English Dictionary work well
with the topic of technology.
Technology is a way for people with disabilities to feel
empowered and in control. Art
therapy is one way that people with cognitive disabilities can

5. exercise their brain and work on
their motor skills to give them a sense of feeling empowered.
Darewiych’s recent study was done
to show the use of tablets as art tools being used instead of
physical art supplies. While being
able to feel the stroke of a paint brush is beneficial for most
people as a form therapy, a disability
such as autism can make a child or adult more prone to triggers
such as messy paint or the odors
in the paint. This is where the tablet came in to play. The
participant had the ability to create their
own masterpieces with a swipe of a finger with no mess
involved.
The results of the study showed a strong sense of empowerment
and vision by allowing
personal choices and freedom to express their feelings and
thoughts however they pleased.
However, like all technology, there is room for error. The
possibility of losing a piece is likely
with the wrong push of a button. This happened during the study
where “two participants
inadvertently erased their drawings when their palms touched
the screen” (Darewych 101). This

6. minor mishap can lead to frustration, much like losing a paper
that had hours of work put
Student 3
into it or a work presentation that was to be given the next day.
On the other hand, the article written by Odom and his peers
address the framework
using technology when cognitively disability, specifically ASD
(autism spectrum disorder)
and how their findings are the best way for a person with a
cognitive disability to feel
empowered. They conclude that there are three key factors in
improving behavioral,
communicative, and vocational skills of people adolescents with
ASD: activity, human, and
technology (Odom et al. 3807). Activity: daily activities, work
and recreation, human:
families, the adolescent with ASD, and their doctor, and
technology: equipment, application,
and networking (3807). In other words, including positive
experiences from these frameworks
will have the biggest effect specifically on ASD adolescents and
adults while also having an

7. impact on other types of disabilities. Meeting daily goals is a
huge way to lead a healthy
lifestyle and technology plays a vital role in that. There are
speech generating programs and
stimulating games in the palm of their hands to help them
achieve those goals.
Stimulating the brain is also vital to promoting the health and
wellness of people with
disabilities. Technology in gaming has proved to be a reliable
source of therapy for cognitive
disabilities and is a way to promote active stimulation. Since
the days of Pong, video games
have played an important role in developing brains. They have
provided a fun way for children
and young adults to learn, absorb skills, and challenge
themselves and others. An issue with
cognitive disabilities tends to be with basic motor skills,
according to Durkin et al., and a
“video game play can enhance spatial skills, promote
communication, offer an instructional

8. and tutorial role, provide feedback and control over the
environment, self-confidence and self-
esteem, compensate for learning difficulties or sensory
impairments, and facilitate self-help
and social skills through collaborative working” (82). There is
continuing research on games
Student 4
that are being made to specifically target people with a
cognitive or developmental
disability and having these in the future can help even more
people at an even earlier age.
Even though using technology to help those with disabilities
seems obvious, one
concern to using video games a form of therapy for people with
and without disabilities is the
ability for some games to have a negative influence. A child
could play a violent video game
and then reflect the actions of the computerized characters in
situations that it is not

9. acceptable. In her research, Hamlen conducted surveys on
children ranging from grade school
through high school in regards to exposure to video games. Not
every child thinks the same
way, however many share common interests such as video
games. Findings suggested that
playing games is a big form of motivation. In her findings,
Hamlen stated: “[W]hen asked
directly about their reasons for playing the games they play
most often, children ages nine
through eleven primarily cite psychological, cognitive, and
visceral motivations for playing
video games” (110). The motivation to challenge themselves
with a tough level on their
favorite games is stimulating the brain by overcoming obstacles
and finding new and different
tasks to conquer. Using technology to its fullest extent can help
people with cognitive
disabilities find their way through life no matter the obstacle.
Barriers have always been around for people with disabilities,
one of the biggest being
community access. For years, people with disabilities were
institutionalized when it was

10. unnecessary. This practice occurred well in to the late 1900s
and when it ended, there was more
segregation in society. The idea of universal access is really
important to have in mind because it
takes in to account access for everyone in society, not one
group above another. An example of
universal access is curb cuts on street corners. Not everyone
thinks about the reason they were
implemented; but the idea was to provide an easier way for
people with a
Student 5
wheel chair or that are blind to navigate streets in their
community. While it improves the
lives for people with disabilities, it also improves the life of a
mother with a stroller or a
distracted person on their cell phone, thus creating equal access
for all. This same idea holds
true for public restroom access and public transportation
systems.
A common system that helps everyone in a community is its
transportation systems.

11. Stock et al. state that technology has allowed for people that
cannot obtain their driver’s
license to learn how to use public transpiration through “a
lifelike public bus riding scenario
in a simulated environment to teach bus transportation skills”
(263). Classes are taught to
teach people with intellectual and cognitive disabilities how to
navigate around their
community. Having this skill promotes independence and is also
comforting to family
members. Another helpful tool is GPS navigation. It gives step
by step instructions out loud
of how to get to a destination while also listing the words and
showing a picture on the screen
of a phone. It is simple enough that anyone can use it and it
allows people with disabilities to
have a safety net on directions. It can be very stressful not
knowing which direction to go,
however new technology has put minds at ease.
Being a part of a community means lifting each other up and
finding ways for everyone to
have equal and fair opportunities. A system that struggles in a
lot of communities is education for

12. people with intellectual disabilities. Technology has allowed for
more learning to be done outside
the classroom as extra practice for people with intellectual
disabilities. Dagys, Popat, and Aldersey
discuss the topic of eLearning to in community- based
rehabilitation (CBR) and how it has
become a big component of inclusion in communities (849). It
increases capabilities for people
with disabilities to lead a more independent life in their
community and enables them for more
opportunities such as jobs or higher education.
Student 6
In conclusion, technology has had a significant impact on the
development of people
with cognitive disabilities in more ways than will ever be
understood. It has become a daily
part of everybody’s life and has had a significant impact on
learning and integration in
communities. Without technology, people with disabilities may
still have been

13. institutionalized, and would certainly not have opportunities to
learn the basic motor skills that
are taught now. Even though the use of technology has greatly
increased the health and
wellness of people with cognitive disabilities through
empowerment, stimulation, and access,
there is still much more research that needs to be completed.
While connecting with technology
seems progress in this day and age, there will come a time when
the following statement will
seem antiquated because technology people wear may no longer
be visible: “Few individuals in
the world are untouched by some form of technology; they wear
it on their wrists, carry it in
their pockets or purses, go to sleep and wake up to it, and may
even depend on it to keep their
heart beating at the right pace” (Odom et al. 3805).
Student 7
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14. Web. 16 May 2017.
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2017. Web. 16 May 2017.
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Aldersey. "The Applicability of
eLearning in Community-Based Rehabilitation." Societies 5.4
(2015): 831-54.
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2017.
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Farrugie. “Digital
Technology Use In Art Therapy With Adults With
Developmental Disabilities.”
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Web. 28 Feb.

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Cognition in Video Game Play: A
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Odom, Samuel, et al. "Technology-Aided Interventions and
Instruction for Adolescents with
Autism Spectrum Disorder." Journal of Autism &
Developmental Disorders, vol. 45,
no. 12, Dec. 2015, pp. 3805-3819. EBSCOhost,

17. doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2320-6.
Rewrite the essay by following all those details:
Contains the assignment title
1
Contains your title
2
Introductions begins with a quote, stat, questions, or anecdote
3
Introduction contains background information
4
Introduction contains 2 cited "counter-argument" quotes or
paraphrases
5
Introduction contains a thesis "statement," not a question
6
The essay contains a definitions paragraph
7
The essay contains at least 3 paragraphs that support the thesis
(from your database research
8

18. Each body paragraph contains a topic sentence
9
Each body paragraph contains 2 in-text cites
10
Each body paragraph contains analysis (synthesis) between your
claim and the 2 cites
11
Each body paragraph contains a transition to the next paragraph
12
Conclusion contains a summary
13
Conclusion contains a call to action or a like element
14
Works Cited contains at least 6 scholarly sources
15
Works Cited is in alphabetical order
16
The paper is formatted MLA
17
Overall, correct grammar and punctuation is used (Uses 3rd
person and no contractions)
18

19. Objective: For this assignment, you will write a six plus (6+)
page argumentative essay about the issue related to the article.
After making a claim (thesis), you will support that claim with
scholarly sources following MLA style. Remember to
incorporate correct grammar and rhetorical moves (examples,
scholarly supports, restatement, cite, ethos, logos, pathos, and
analysis) through an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Process: Now that you have completed a Literature Review on
the issue that relates to your article along with a Rhetorical
Analysis of your article, begin your Argumentative Essay by
developing your working introduction and thesis, body, and
conclusion with information gathered from your Literature
Review along with additional research. The additional research
should have been compiled from at least three (3) scholarly
databases.
Introduction:
· Decide on an opening quote or statistic or anecdote or
question
· Organize background information
· Choose your oppositional quotes (counter-arguments)
· Develop a working thesis!
Body:
· Include definition(s) of terms (Use Oxford English
Dictionary-OED)
· (Suggestion) Develop background
· (Suggestion) Develop counter-argument
· Develop arguments from three (3) scholarly databases:
o http://research.ewu.edu/ located

20. “Databases by Name” (scroll down page)
For example, choose psychology, sociology, and economics
Now, choose (2) scholarly articles from each area
Within your essay, bring in two (2) scholarly articles per
paragraph (psychology,
sociology, and economics, for example) with two (2) in-text
quotes or paraphrases; cite
Add your analysis by “synthesizing” (compare and contrast)
your argument with theirs;
your argument should win by the end of the paragraph
Conclusion:

21. Finally, develop a closing paragraph that:
· Pulls together the main claims of your argument.
In addition, answer at least one (1) of the following:
· Answers the question “So what?”
· Universalizes (compare to other situations).
· Answers the question: What is new?
· Echoes the introduction.
· Challenges the reader.
· Looks to the future.
· The last line of your essay might include:
· A provocative question.
· A quote.
Works Cited:
· This should contain a minimum of six (6) sources
· Place in alphabetical order
· See OWL at Purdue on how to cite entries ---Please note
Inquiry chapter 9 for paragraph building helps.
By the end of your essay, your audience will understand your
well-supported side of the argument, even though they may not
agree with you.
Surname 1

22. Literature Review; Women and Advertisement
Researchers have come to an agreement that women have
always faced negative publicity
and disregard of feminism through the art of advertisements
(Ananda and Vani; Zimmerman and
John; Lanis and Katherine; Kilbourne; and Romero et al.).
Advertising is a huge industry and
affects every individual in different proportions and different
degrees of exposure. In the
advertisement world the marketers tend to use images which
they believe are enticing and will
sequentially draw more customers to their products. The
objectification of women has for many
instances exited in the commercial industry and has been the
key motivation for most feminist
movements. Within the contemporary society advertisers have
always found various ways to use
the female gender in advertisements to entice the buyers which
successively results in negative
challenges faced by women (Anand and Vani 117). The research
examination for this topic has
focused on objectification of women in advertisements,
challenges faced by women in

23. advertising, negative effects of advertising on women and
feminism and demeaning displays of
advertisements on women.
According to Anand and Vani there are negative advertisements
which portray women in
different forms, some portray the women as sex symbols and
others have a stereotyping gesture
which seem to suggest on the ideal and perfect woman in the
society (121). This is a more
damaging portrayal of women which can affect the women who
are not what the commercials
representations are engaged in. An example is an ad by Nice and
Lovely which give a depiction
that women of fair appearance are considered beautiful or
pretty.
The stereotyping portrayal of women in advertisement through
various literature has
shown that the depiction of the feminine gender as housewives
and mothers has had negative
impacts on the attitude (Lanis and Katherine 640). This is in
conformity to decrease in women
Surname 2

24. aspiration to achieve more for themselves (Anand and Vani
120), demoralization of social and
political feminist ideas (Kidwell) and demeaning of women
character in the fashionable society
(Zimmerman and John 73). Anand and Vani suggests that the
gender role stereotyping has been
successful portrayed and illustrated through the commercials in
the mass and social media with
different roles within social confines being the major attribute
of these commercials (640-641).
In objectifying women through advertisements, Kilbourne
argues that sex in
advertisements is more of pornographic and objectifies people
especially women this is because
it fetishizes products dooming women to disappointment
because products do not satisfy a
woman’s sexual desire (491). This is iterated Zimmerman et al.
proposing that women have been
given a negative sexual portrayal which may result in negative
sexual attitudes and as a result
affecting their sexuality more so their sexual activities. Anand
and Vani also shares this similar
stand by both Kilbourne and Zimmerman and John by

25. postulating that sexual objectification of
women has negative impacts on women and their sexual
pleasures (122).
Even though advertisement has such negative impacts on
women, Anand and Vani argue
that the growth and power of feminine figures has been
achieved through advertisement as such
acting as a voice for feminism. The literature review adopted
above has sufficiently shown that
various research journals and authors have discussed the
negative impact of advertisement on
women and their resulting attitude generation.
Works Cited
Anand, Meenakshi, and Vani Tyagi. "Advertising: Boon or
Curse for Women." International
Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences 7.3
(2017): 116-124.
Kidwell, Casey. "Women in Advertising: Demeaning Displays?
Or Aspirational Images?."
(2015).
Surname 3

26. Kilbourne, Jean. "Two ways a woman can get hurt”: Advertising
and violence." Rereading
America, Cultural contexts for critical thinking and writing
(1999): 444-464.
Lanis, Kyra, and Katherine Covell. "Images of women in
advertisements: Effects on attitudes
related to sexual aggression." Sex Roles 32.9 (1995): 639-649.
Romero-Sánchez, Mónica, et al. "More Than a Magazine:
Exploring the Links Between Lads’
Mags, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Rape Proclivity." Journal of
interpersonal
violence 32.4 (2017): 515-534
Zimmerman, Amanda, and John Dahlberg. "The sexual
objectification of women in advertising:
A contemporary cultural perspective." Journal of Advertising
Research 48.1 (2008): 71-
79.
Running head: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN IN
ADVERTISING AND EATING DISORDERS IN YOUNG
GIRLS

27. 8
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN IN ADVERTISING AND
EATING DISORDERS IN YOUNG GIRLS
Relationship between women in advertising and eating disorders
in young girls
Name of student
Name of institution
Introduction
Research has found that 47% of the girls were influenced by
magazine pictures to want to lose weight, but only 29% were
actually overweight (Jayson, 2007). Further, the paper found
that stringent dieting aimed to achieve an ideal figure can play a
key role in triggering eating disorders. Women become

28. increasingly aware of their bodies as they get older, especially
with the constant awareness of media advertising. Studies have
shown that 90% of eating disorders are enlisted from young
girls who experience the pressure to fit in the society's ideal of
“beauty” (Barber, 2011). Also, it has significantly been
established that culture plays an important role in defining how
women carry out themselves, lifestyles adopted and contacts
that they make. It is in these alignments that women shape their
desire to usurp possibilities before they barely have had a
chance to sense them. Such an observation among women have
exposed women to pains of having to maintain small bodies
(Kilbourne, 1999). Media is a very powerful tool in influencing
dietary practices among young women. Media ridicules and
upholds certain dietary standards that may prompt women to
respond by either adopting new dietary practices. Ultimately,
women are continuously becoming more objective, sexy and the
growing need to appreciate them as meeting the beauty
thresholds considered to be social-culturally attractive. Barber
(2011) asserts that young girls facing stigmatization from their
male and female friends continue to fight the obstacles that
limit attainment of societal beauty. While in some cases they
adopt poor eating habits because they are stressed as a result of
too much pressure from their peers and the media, decent
dietary practice is a concern that both the young and adult
women consider a priority.
Influence of perception and diet
Eating disorders are a generational problem that is shaped by
perceptions and societal beliefs and values. The society will
define the most likely promotional alternatives that businesses
adopts in their media campaigns. Trade. Jayson (2007) contends
that while it remains a subject of contention when highlighting
the most likely and a healthy dietary practice that is socially
retributive, several psychological disorders, for instance, the
anorexia nervosa or bulimia may be the taken to characterize

29. serious disturbances of dietary behavior.
Barber, (2011) argues that eating disorders may come as a result
of unstable eating behaviors, which in some cases may be
regarded as either unhealthy reduction of food intake or extreme
overeating. These feeding patterns can be caused by feelings of
distress or concern about body shape or weight. However, such
practices are found to harm the normal body composition and
functions. Maybe a person with an eating disorder may have
started out just eating smaller or larger amounts of food than
usual, but at some point, the urge to eat less or more can spiral
out of control (American Psychiatric Association). Eating
disorders have had a significant influence in the current public
health where health complications have been on the rise among
individuals. In most occasions, women are influenced by the
rising need to curb the spiraling dietary disorder as well as
maintaining an appealing body shape. Men play a significant
role in shaping these notions in women because women always
want to stand out to men. Women are prompted to pick their
best pictures, one orchestrating body contours, perceived to be
charming for advertising campaigns so that their followers on
social media will notice them as attractive and appealing.
Diverse perceptions are developed by women on the issue of
advertising and how they should adorn to meet both the social
and marketing impacts that is anticipated for by such a
campaign. For instance, in 2014, Always came out with an ad
campaign dubbed “#LikeAGirl” where they took young ladies
under the age of 14, and adult women to see how they interpret
the phrase “like a girl”. There was a stark difference- the kids
viewed the phrase on a positive note, meaning that they could
do whatever they want if they do it “like a girl”, whereas adults
proved more subjective to the phrase, as they considered it
inappropriate and only fitting the interests of the young girls.
Anonymous (2016) contends that some advertising practices
have fostered development of attitudes and values that may
work to disadvantage women while others posit that women are
merely objects of desire. These social beliefs and values have

30. shaped how and what modern woman adopt as lifestyle practice,
and in most cases one that proves the relevance of such a
notion. In tight coherence with recent research, media has been
noted to play a significant role in the spread of certain eating
disorders. Kilbourne, (1999) found that most ladies between the
ages 9-17 years prefer to remain thin and prefer to look like
women on television, as a result there was a growing need to
check on the weight growth. Many young girls have found
modelling in the lifestyles of the television personalities worth
copying and critically important in their plight to meet
expectations of being social regenerative.
Media and dietary practices
Research has shown that there exists a link between media and
the attitudes and values that the young people have towards
their bodies (Jayson, 2007). It is what young girls see in
televisions and other advertisement boards about how and what
their seniors do that shape their lifestyle practices. Morality and
healthy living tips are learnt from the media. Associated with
this is the adornment of women in the media which further
highlights the relevance of the context. Media is a cradle of
information and misinformation on dietary practices. Ferguson,
Munoz, Garza, and Galindo (2014) argues that advertising
media in some cases have promoted unhealthy foods such as
foods that are rich in sugars cholesterols or salt. Manufacturers
of food products adopts innumerable properties of the foods that
young girls, who are less informed of healthy nutritional
practices may see as the millennial diet. With their numb
misunderstanding of the role of advertising, young girls have
been swayed into adopting certain dietary practices that have
negative impacts on their lives. Young girls have continuously
been obsessed with televisions that they spend better part of
their day watching. It is what the watch that filters and
consequently shifts their interpretation of the most viable
lifestyle to adopt. Copying from a range of advertisements
demonstrating certain foods have had a robust influence on their
lives. The most common foods which enlist most promotions in

31. the media may include sweetened cereals, fast foods, snacks,
and candy. All these foods are rich in sugars, which have been
noted to have face reaching implications on health (Ferguson, et
al 2014).
Jayson (2007) argues that advertisements have little or no
attachment to nutritional needs, but rather a psychological twist
to promote sales. Whatever that is viewed in the media will be
what the young girls ask for. Parents who prove to meet such
needs expose their children to health complications. Further,
Kilbourne (1999) argues that food advertising in many
developing countries continue to create many health
complications among children under 14 years.
Despite the negative implications of advertising on dietary
practices, it is also rational that a lot of dietary improvements
continue to be enlisted in the growing media space. Jayson
(2007) notes that ranging from promoting consumption of low
sugars and cholesterol to giving a rational position on how poor
health standards may be dangerous to health, media spreads the
basic health principles that should be adopted by any rationally
functioning mind. The growing need to meet good dietary
practice have met support from many manufacturers both in the
past and present. For instance, in 2006, 10 most influential food
and beverage companies highlighted that half of their
advertising campaigns will purposely promote healthier food
and good lifestyles. Also, the National Research Council (2009)
reports that some social advertising programs that promote a
healthy diet in adults and children as well as physical activity
tend to produce mixed results. However, Barber, (2011) argues
that it can rarely be held that advertising in the media mainly
implicates dietary practices, but rather provides both positive
and negative impacts that should be treated with utmost
urgency.
In June 2015, a newspaper in England pointed out that media
industry is responsible for the spread of eating disorders. Media
should be held responsible the escalating dietary complications
that are being witnessed today. Though the interest of the media

32. is to inform, persuade, entertain and initiate change, its
implications greatly exceeds the benefits we derive. Jayson
(2007) argues that rising proliferation of diverse foods into our
diets have seen people growing bigger, fatter, and in some cases
people maturing at very tender age. The difference between
body size and age in women is becoming an issue in the
mainstream social analysis. Some regard this as being heavy,
while others consider a proper diet. Anorexia is faster taking
precedence in some cases due to poor dietary practices adopted
from watching televisions. Compulsive eating, commonly
known as bulimia nervosa, a complication where food
deprivation may lead to loss of unwanted calories is faster
taking the lead in the dietary plights. Cross-social copying from
friends, colleagues at work, peers, or even parents have also
defined dietary habits of many young girls. American
Psychiatric Association reports that 0.48% in girls 15-19 years
old, and approximately 1%-5% of adolescents suffering from
bulimia nervosa. It further notes self-perception, boy weight
and image as the core drivers to dietary liberty (2014).
Conclusion
To this, the paper has presented an analysis of the influence of
media, especially advertising on dietary practices, how young
girls continue to be endeared into the shoes of women in the
media ranging from how they adorn to what they eat. As they
fight to meet this need they find themselves in a web of poor
health practices; which may seem different to some of them, the
influence of perception on determination of the most likely
dietary practice. Further, the paper has analyzed how
regenerative and informative media can be in promoting
adoption of a healthy diet. In practice, the paper has presented a
rational analysis on what prompt. As a result, there is rising
need to counter elements of advertising that prove unhealthy to
young girls so that eating disorders may be countered
effectively.

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34. Running head: RELATION
SHIP
BETWEEN WOMEN IN ADVERTISING AND EATING
DISORDERS IN YOUNG GIRLS
Relation
ship
between women in advertising and eating disorders in young
girls
Name of student
Name of institution

35. Running head: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN IN
ADVERTISING AND EATING
DISORDERS IN YOUNG GIRLS
Relationship between women in advertising and eating disorders
in young girls
Name of student
Name of institution