It’s that time of year when new years resolutions are again starting to dwindle out of our lives and our dreams of dropping a dress size or shedding a stone are fading back to reality and bringing us back down to Earth. For those of you who have managed to stick to your goals and found an inner, happier and slightly smaller version of yourself, then well – you should be congratulated.
However the truth is, more and more people are becoming obsessed with their weight, their body image and perhaps frustrated with their unhealthy lifestyle. But who do we have to blame?
The media have always, and will continue to makes millions by playing on peoples insecurities and emotions. And today, more than ever, they are raking it in by making us more body conscious than ever!
Open a newspaper, turn on the TV or take and look at the latest celebrity magazine and you’ll find, I’m sure, in their own unique way they are all obsessed with ways to improve ones body image and perfect ones lifestyle. There are numerous shows on TV coming up with cunning ways to help you lose weight, rid the bingo wings and beat the bulge for good, assuring you that the world will be a better place once you are flab free!
The fashion world is another culprit stamping its mark on the now ‘body conscious’ men and women desperate to conform to something you only really see on the catwalks of Milan. Top designers, more often than not, use waif like models on which they parade their clothes around unaware of the damage they are doing to vulnerable minds. And although there have been attempts to ban the size 0 army from the cat walks and leading fashion magazines, I fear the damage is already done.
Young men and women across the country and in particular teenage girls, now have a surreal image of how a young woman should look and its not a pretty sight. Tiny waists, protruding hip bones, gaunt faces and shoulder blades resembling lifeless angel wings jutting out the back of easily influenced young men and women – are all to much of a common sight.
Considering we’re under a government concern about a potentially forth coming obesity crisis, promoting healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle should be top of the agenda. But, with the media plastering images of young men and women no meatier than your average garden rake all over the place, its just adds the confusion.
Ok, maybe so far this has all been slightly critical and a bit harsh on the media, there are some shows on TV which promote healthy eating and living a healthy lifestyle but these shows are few and far between. All to often there just seems to be a distinct lack of education available to all, which promotes healthy eating and encourages people to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Instead our media heavy lives assure us that once we’re a skinnier, smaller version of ourselves we’ll lead a far happier life.
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