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Shame on the mirror

In studying the problem of obesity very quickly encounter an extra dimension, namely that the eating disorder is one of the ways of expressing mental distress in an unfavorable social environment we live. If you just think about who all serve on the maintenance of these issues, such as the pharmaceutical multinationals, the living, diet and beauty industry, schools, slimming, beauty and fitness salons, vendors of medical devices and of training and many (all, of course, promise, or even generate a that will magically solve our dissatisfaction), the eating disorder once seen as quite desirable form of expression of mental distress *.

Eating disorders are also quite attractive to the media problem that unfortunately too often in a distorted image. In the wrong context representation issues also act as propaganda, instead of acting as a deterrent, how tragic is actually the very nature of eating disorders. And more than that: the media is well supported standards external appearance, diet, dress, behavior, ... successfully maintain most of the population overweight positions that would have this so badly wanted to give up. Weight loss and slimming have become and remain something unattainable, ie chronic and irresolvable problem. It is most often exposed to poor body image, while the person is dissatisfied with their body weight, appearance or body shape, ie with their appearance, yet appropriate, for example wants to lose weight or otherwise change its appearance.

However, as dissatisfaction with body image emphasize excessively, it depart from understanding the problems of eating disorders themselves. Dissatisfaction with body image that a person is experiencing and is indeed true, is hiding behind a much deeper personal distress. (* How can we otherwise perceive fashion industry, which is possible to find more suitable models stopped at suhicah, of which more "slim" models can be found only in clinics for anorexic patients?

Few years ago he decided to part-establishment fashion creations represent the more "normal" model, but it all pretty quickly quieted. too much money to turn in this industry, it could happen something like this. models are therefore continue to be exactly the same as they are required to be - out of reach., since only in this way are something special a few more, so something that efforts should be made ​​- and this is also to pay more. carousel And it goes on - millions are trying to achieve the ideal, which is artificially set at a level that it was not that close ...)