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ABSTRACT: Over the past few years, the rise in the prevalence of eating disorders
has raised an important question: What are the causes of eating disorders?
The objective of this project was to study the media as a cause of excessive dieting.
This study attempted to surmise the medias endorsement of the idea of slimness
that encourages eating disorders especially in their mild forms such as excessive
dieting.
I hypothesized that the frequency of media use (hours spent watching television, on
the internet or reading magazines) would positively correlate to incidents of dieting
over the past 6 months
BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT EATING DISORDES AND THE MEDIA
Eating disorders are conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve
either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's
physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are the most
common forms of eating disorders.
RESULT*
Average minutes of
Compensatory Excercise/BMI
19.5
18.125
18
Average Minutes of
Compensatory Exercise
(Daily)
Average BMI
Number of Hours
Average BMI
Size 12
2
1.6
1
7-14 hours
14-21 hours
21-28hours
Size 0
Size 6
Size Ratings
Size 12
These results are based on raw data. No statistical analysis was performed on
the data collected.
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Average minutes of
Compensatory Excercise/BMI
Average Minutes of
Compensatory
Exercise (Daily)
Average BMI
0-7 hours
7-14
14-21
hours
hours
Number of Hours
Size 12
1.8
1.5
1
0-7 hours
7-14 hours
14-21 hours
Size 0
Size 6
Size Ratings
Size 12