Key Issue: Is anorexia the result of role models in the media?
Anorexia is a serious eating disorder, characterised by being extremely underweight and refusal to eat. Individuals with eating disorders tend to view themselves as fat and have a distorted body image. Billie Piper is one celebrity that has suffered with this in her teenage years. Nikki Grahame in Big Brother has also publicly had a battle with anorexia which is published in popular magazines for teenagers. It could be considered that by reading these magazines eating disorders are caused through role models. In a survey of 3000 girls,people like Victoria Beckham were identified as being influential.
Anorexia is a serious eating disorder, characterised by being extremely underweight and refusal to eat. Individuals with eating disorders tend to view themselves as fat and have a distorted body image. Billie Piper is one celebrity that has suffered with this in her teenage years. Nikki Grahame in Big Brother has also publicly had a battle with anorexia which is published in popular magazines for teenagers. It could be considered that by reading these magazines eating disorders are caused through role models. In a survey of 3000 girls,people like Victoria Beckham were identified as being influential.