The Media Portraying a False Image

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for someone to force them to lose the weight in an unhealthy way is not appropriate. “Eleena, a ballerina, now 21, was told at the age of 12 to lose weight. Her teacher came up, pinched her back and asked ‘What is this? Are you drinking milk? You know you need to lose weight.’ She started eliminating fat from her diet and became anorexic for one year” (Dying…). Coaches and teachers are not the only people influencing athletes to be extremely thin. The fans and media applaud the athletes’ appearance. They do not realize what the athlete has to go through in order to be the size that they are. “Eating disorders are easily the gravest health problem facing female athletes, and they affect not just gymnastics but also swimmers, distance runners, tennis and volleyball players, divers, and figure skaters. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, as many as 62% of females competing in “appearance” sports (like figure skating and gymnastics) and endurance sports ...

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should be told before-hand the sacrifices and the guidelines of being part of that particular sport. Just because someone may be of a different figure or size than the typical athlete of that particular sport does not mean that they will not do well. The athlete that is the most different from the others may be the best player on the team.
Young boys and girls are looking up to famous role-models that have the ideal bodies. “Barbie-type dolls have often been blamed on playing a role in the development of body-image problems and eating disorders. Not only do those dolls fictionally proportioned, small body sizes, but they lean towards escalating belief that materialistic ...

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