The+Solution

I never realized how serious anorexia nervosa really was. I knew it was an eating disorder where someone starves themself, but I didn't realize how serious it was. I didn't know that people could inherit it and that it was a phycological disorder. Watching the youtube video Elle's story touched me so much; this girl lost her sister to Anorexia and she passed away. This makes me want to help those suffering from Anorexia. I want to inform the public about this more and maybe everyone can work together to make a difference. I've also come to realize that our societies image of beautiful is contributing to girls being anorexic. Girls try so hard to be skinny and beautiful like the models in magazienes so they'll resort to anorexia. My solution involves changing societies image of "beautiful". In America we idolize the super thin models, considering them "perfect". This encourages girls to be anorexic in order to feel and be "beautiful". like those models.  So what if we changed our image of beautiful to normal girls? Girls who are of average weight and comfortable in their own skin. In magazines, the models are thin and emaciated looking so girls across America, and even in other countries feel this need to be like them, even if it is unhealthy and fatal. By doing this we will discourage Anorexia and encourage girls to be who they are and comfortable with themselves. It will be hard to convince the commercial world to use regular girls in their ads, but if it means saving the lives of so many girls and helping them love themselves, then it needs to be done.

This is the video that inspired me, Elle's story:

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