According to "Greater body satisfaction after television exposure of thin ideal children in girls showing thin ideal internalization" by Doeschka Anschutz, Rutger Engels and Tatjan Van Strien, states that " Watching television in general, and especially experiencing media pressure to lose weight, has been found to correlate with increased awareness of weight loss strategies and disturbed eating behaviors in young children (Harrison & Hefner, 2006, McCabe, Ricciardelli, 2005)” (604). To achieve the goal of being thin, some girls eat uncontrollably and cause serious health problems. Some girls may suffer from anorexia and bulimia gain weight even if the person is severely underweight. A person may engage in extreme dieting or exercise in an attempt to lose or avoid gaining weight. The health problems that anorexic girls may face are weak bones, kidney stones, heat failure, etc. People who suffer from bulimia nervosa consume large amounts of food in a short period of time. There is the feeling of having no control over one's eating behaviors. To compensate for binges, they therefore adopt behaviors such as fasting, purging or vomiting. The consequences of those suffering from bulimia are tooth decay due to discoloration due to acid in the stomach, rupture of the esophagus due to continuous vomiting and irregular heartbeat. According to “Greater body satisfaction after television exposure of thin-ideal children in girls showing thin-ideal internalization” by Anschutz, Doeschka J Engels, Rutger, Van Strien, Tatjan states that “Additionally, girls have been found to use media as a source of information about diet (Lawrie, Sullivan, Davies, & Hill, 2007, Schur et al., 2000) are alarming findings, as body dissatisfaction and diet are considered the main ones
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