Celebrities And Eating Disorders - Female Celebrities And Eating Disorders

It is bad to see so many celebrities specially the female celebrities having eating disorders, since so many of them choose not to eat. In fact celebrities are not sending out the right message to their young fans and teenagers. First of all these skinny celebrities start off going out to all hours of the night, drinking every night and partying hard. They have the enough money so they disrespect everyone around them and party hard all night. But at the end it catches up with them and down the road they end up with health problems or an eating disorder.

The new skinny image of the celebrities that is being accepted and put on television screens around the world does not help the rising anorexia rates. If anything people should encourage more overweight models because these will simply have a better influence on the youth. Nicole Richie and other big personality such as Keira Knightley have gone through battles with eating disorders, or people can believe their stories about having skinny bones. One thing is for sure and it is the acceptance of media of skinny people on television and other forms of the media has had a negative impact on celebrities. These female celebrities than develop eating disorders for themselves and it sets a bad image for youths. This is why there is rising eating disorder problem rates. The only solution to this cproblem can be accepting the gorgeous plus size models back on the screens.

People hope everyone seriously experiencing an eating disorder overcomes it. People who are in the attention and public interest and are famous are continuously being scrutinized by the media. This type of news sells because they have many fan followers who are greatly interested in them, in their lives, their do's and don'ts. They are in true sense the role models for many. And as such these people can influence others both positively and negatively. Those people who blindly follow celebrity news tend to forget that anyone with a claim to fame is just another person; probably a greater ego, but the same as anyone else; also the thing does get complicated when the celebrity loses sight of the fact that he or she is just like the rest of us mere mortals.

They always have good points and bad points. They will have normal illnesses, they will get sick, they will recover or not, as all human beings. Eating disorders in female celebrities are also occurring within the ranks of the famous and rich. When this condition appears, and it does, the social and especially the media pressure can be much greater. Nobody likes to present their "bad" side to others due to basic self esteem. For those people who are followed by the media this can and often is unbearable pressure. If people think about it, at one time or another, everybody who suffers from an eating disorder feels a certain amount of shame and wants to hide their problem. Celebrities actually logically do so and at a greater degree.

• Emma Bullock
• 15/02/2009, 10:59 PM
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