Does the Media Encourage Bad Eating Habits on Young People?

Now a day’s media is a very brute and powerful force and can influence the lives of many in a very quick manner. We see each day that media shows the concept of “idyllic” or “wonderful” looks. They are acquiring the services of models and film stars or singers that are very skinny and too thin. So it is a very good question that weather or not the media is affecting the eating habits of young people around the world? People believe what they see and especially the young people. And when they see the skinny people on T.V they try to become like them. They develop bad eating habit and result is mal nourishment. So the answer to this obvious question is yes! The media is influencing such bad habits. Parents are growing in concern each day and looking for an answer to this problem. The rate of bad eating habits is increasing everyday.

It is very crucial that we realize that before we point fingers at others we stop to look that may be the young person is more disposed to having bad eating. Media and other factors do influence but sometimes there can be eating malfunctions in one’s own body. Some might develop bad eating habits without being subjected to the media and other outside entities that may influence the young people.

But the question remains that what’s the role of media in influencing the bad eating habits in young people. How can we prevent these influences? It has been going on for centuries that the media is highly focused on the outer appearance of someone and they show more and more skinny dudes or duvets. In old times, the ladies that were shown on the media were shown as good looking rather then “good thin looking”. Over the past few years, this concept has differed and these days, if you aren’t thin enough then YOU ARE OUT! Either show your bones or don’t show at all. And the most ironic thing is, she s then termed as being FAT! Ah the cruel world.

The latest victim of such criticism was one of the top singers, Britney spears. She had given birth to two children and after that when she came on to performs in thin dresses, she was termed as being fat because her body was just not perfect. Though she was not fat at all but she was just not perfect. This kind of news displayed by the media, well no wonder the children was to get more and thinner. Irresponsible media we might call it?

May be if the media started to portray a more fit and healthy out look of a model and give the skinny beauty a rest then people might actually stop their bad eating habits and start to try to stay healthy and fit. Because being skinny is not the standard of being beautiful. It’s all just an illusion. Because if you don’t eat properly, then may be some day it might come back as an issue and become a matter of living or dyeing.