Eating disorders in the media had become an increasingly controversial topic over the past decade. “More than 11 million people in the United States suffer from an eating disorder.” (Article 4) Many people argue that they don’t have an eating disorder, and that they are going to be fine. In reality, they just can’t admit to themselves that they are hurting their own bodies in ways they shouldn’t. However, they have done a past experiment in Fiji Islands. They have put televisions in their houses to see how the media would affect them after a couple of years. After 3 years, they went back to see the results. However, when they found out that more than 11% of the girls had started using vomiting to control their weight, it’s hard to believe that everything is going to be okay. The media affects young girls and women all around the world, every single day. Most of these women haven’t seen the effects and haven’t had the experience of knowing about eating disorders before they harm their bodies. To begin with, the media and people in the media can affect how people act and feel about themselves. Celebrities encourage a big number of women, and they are their role models. They may want to be just like Jennifer Lopez, Ann Hathaway or Reese Witherspoon. They are the people that they look up to, the people that they want to be like. “ the term ‘Hollywood Thin’ became synonyms with the size-zero body type and bone-thin frame of so many celebrities.” (Article 2) When these role models have the definition of the “perfect” body, it’s hard to discourage girls and women to stop looking up to them. Celebrities can have such a big effect on people that the people don’t realize that they are doing anything wrong. This can get to the point that their bodies are so unhealthy that they can’t bare themselves anymore. In 2006, Alex DeVinny died from cardiac arrest related to anorexia. “At the time of her death at age 20,