Topic > Influence of body image - 549

In recent years, body image has emerged as the top concern among 29,000 young people aged 11 to 24. Three key factors that impact and influence the body image of teenage girls today include social, print and digital media, gender expectations of people in relationships, and peer pressure pursued by those who live around us. Social media, print and digital media are used everywhere and have a significant impact on viewers. Girls look up to celebrities shown in the media and are encouraged to look like them. This causes a negative self-image in girls because they do not have society's "ideal" appearance. The idea of ​​the "ideal body" changed dramatically throughout the 1900s, having a voluptuous and curvy body was seen as beautiful, but nowadays the idea emerging from our culture is that women become thinner as the years go by. These images of the "ideal body" are displayed in the mass media and it is from here that the thought and vision of what is "beautiful" arises. “Normal eating” means “eating until you are satisfied,” and many extreme diets have been published by celebrities...