Media is in our everyday life as society has
evolved over the years. Majority of the American population spend a lot of
their time on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, or
watching reality TV shows, movies, and reading the most recent fashion in
magazines. While our time is being consumed by all of that it tends to have an
impact on the way that we feel about our own body imagine. The way that media portrays
the “ideal body” imagine of a beautiful woman is tall, skinny, flawless skin,
and bleached white teeth. When in reality we are all formed by different body
types. The so called “perfect” body that is portrayed has many impacts on other
women’s health. A lot of women want to have the “ideal body” and will do
whatever it takes to get it whether it is from surgical procedures, fad diets, unhealthy
eating disorders, excessive exercising.
Health educators can help get rid of the
negative images of the ideal body by informing woman that are wanting to lose
weight how to do it in a healthy way. Health educators can provide information
for a low calorie diet that will provide the body with the accurate amount of
nutrients for the body. Along with information on how to exercise correctly
that will help in the aid of losing fat, and gaining muscle. Also, educators
need to inform woman of the negative effects of how the fad diets, and
unhealthy eating disorders harm the body.
I don’t think that the media is accepting
more diversity in the body shape and size of woman than what was “acceptable”
years ago. You don’t really see plus size models advertised in forms of media,
and you sure do not see plus sized models on the runways. The overall goal of
media is to be make money, and the reality is that in our society skinny sales.
I believe that our society could benefit by incorporating “average” size women
into the media industry. Woman are beautiful in their own personal way regardless
of size, shape, or color.
