The Negative Body Image Presented by The Media

Media has aided in several different body concept from all stages of people. This has led to people developing negative body images and has done harmful diets, treatments and activities to maintain the so called perfect image of their body. Over half the population of human beings in the whole world to develop diseases. The negative body image is presented by seeing or hearing through advertisements, movies, radio, television and all the media. False advertisement has led to several individuals susceptible and eating disorders hence leading to harmful diet remedies to meet their idea of having perfect image of their bodies.

The negative image caused by media has led to eating disorders in the name of maintaining beauty. Over 27 million of people from different world places suffers from an eating disorder like anorexia, bulimia and many other diseases. With much being said, it is okay for me to say that the media has not only done more harm to both females and males over the years than good but also brainwashed people as indicated. The media also provide unrealistic body image that no human being can meet without causing harm to themselves.

In addition, media modifies one’s appetite, through watching several types of foods smarty prepared and arranged it triggers one’s mind hence causing people to increase food consumption. So many people have had the diseases related to food since they end up eating what their body cannot take. For instance the average individuals spend almost 22 hours a day watching television summing up to 250 billion hours watching every year television. Television accounts for about twenty five percent of the advertisement aired. This leads to large number of people influenced by watching the television. It is therefore right to presume that anything everyone pays attention to often will it be inevitable affect him or her whether he or she knows it or not.

There was once a time when women were the real main focus of having the rightful body. This has drifted emerge mostly affecting the male species and some of the women. Male have been affecting where they want to gain muscles, lose weight, build their body structure and having for example six part to look awesome. Through a research most it was concluded that men want to have an ideal body because of various reason, that is: they want to look like their favorite model, actor and other want to get in shape to win a woman heart, because of love, others want an ideal body for health reasons. With the reasons given we can therefore see how media plays a vital role in influencing women and men in practicing what they see or have heard of it. In my opinion this has grown due to the freedom everyone has fore internet access. While there is different shapes of being born there are those who are still struggling just to be like those seen in the television.

In conclusion, the mass media has its advantages and disadvantages too. As my opinion people are more concentrating on the internet and television. These ideas have change our prospective on how we see our own image, the love for our natural body and therefore leading to challenges by trying to fix our issues just to get a perfect body image. . Though we can safely deduce that these are strong contributing factors, we can also argue that in the end we has humans needs to take control of our lives and not be keen to listen and agree with everything we see on television or in the mass media.