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Eating Disorder

The topic I chose to discuss is eating disorder. The reason I chose this topic because this is an issue that has been affecting many people around the world in a very horrible way. This is making people face health and physical problem. Eating disorder matters because a human’s image and health matter in every way possible, their whole life depends on the human’s body and health issues.

The two examples I chose to discuss is magazine and advertising industries. Teen Vogue Demi Lovato responds to headline commenting on her body and advertisement, which is a picture of a women showing her body is defeated.

Example #1

Demi Lovato responds to headline commenting on her body.

Description:

In the article the famous pop star singer Demi Lovato used to have a very thin body but has gained a lot of weight due to an eating disorder. Lovato is a famous singer/actor which a lot of young youth look up to as a role model because of her hard work and her success. While reading this article she is letting the world know that everyone has made mean comments to her on her Instagram page telling her you got fat and how she is ugly. She explains more about how her fans should not hate her because of her image. She wants her fans to be motivated to help her lose weight not to mock her. Her eating disorder isn’t an easy process she went through and that it has been very hard and depressing for her. She shows in the article screenshots of mean comments fans have been leaving on her page and how it has hurt her feelings in many ways.  A quote she states that really caught everyone’s attention was “I am not upset for myself but for anyone influenced by the diet culture”. Lovato was explaining to the world how everyone’s ideal look is thin and how people tell others how they should look like or weigh is not how life should be. The great thing about this article is that she also shared with everyone who is having weight issues to call the Neda line to get help or if they have issues and consider seeing a health counselor.

Analysis:

Themes I found in my example was eating disorder, insecurity, depression and bullying. I specifically say these examples because in this article as you can see it describes the situation in the article in different ways.

Interpretation:

These themes matter because as you can see Lovato used to be a thin beautiful, and young youth used to look up too but sadly after her eating disorder, she had lost many fans that used to look up to and now they hate her because of the way she gained weight and looks like. In this situation she is mentally and physically getting bullied by many people because they expect her to always stay the same figure where her weight is something, she might not be able to control. She is getting treatment for her depression because of this situation

Evaluation:

I believe the examples I used are great examples, they explain each of these problems throughout the article and use them in many different ways. I am making this judgement because I realized by this problem of eating disorders leads up too many issues such as bullying, hate crimes, insecurity, depression and health issues. These are problems people face every day on a daily pass.

Example 2:

Advertisement: My Body is Defeated

Description:

By looking at this advertisement picture it shows a women’s body and how it is damaged in the inside. She has been having suicidal thoughts because she is facing many problems such as short breathing, stress, vomiting, hair loss, constant tiredness and weakness. She is also facing chest pain every day and many health issues due to an eating disorder, she strongly feels like if she doesn’t change her ways she will soon dies.

Analysis:

Health issues, death, stress, depression and insecurity.

Interpretation:

All of these issues matter, in reality, having these types of problems we can face a lot of issues that can cause or lead to death. If we don’t take care of ourselves now, we could have some serious problems with our bodies

Evaluation:

These themes are great examples that relate to the picture because it shows how life is serious and soon the better because later might be too late for someone to take care of their health.

Compare/Contrast:

In advertisement and article by Demi Lovato, both sources were amazing I really enjoyed the fact that both had the same topics but was delivered differently. The massage was sent in a different way of explaining how fans were making her feel bad about her weight. Whereas the second article in advertised has nothing to do with fans and more as it has something about how she feels about within herself.

Engagement:

With the information I found, I will be using these two sources to help those who need help and educate them about what can be done and how it can be done. I would also explain how to prevent being in the situation. I plan on helping people in need with the issues they face. I will also make a chart of an everyday food cycle I want to maintain for myself to become healthier and the food I should work on doing better, such as eating more fruits and vegetables. I really want to improve on becoming more fit by also going to the gym instead of spending a lot of time at home watching movies or reading books.

Conclusion:

After doing myself research and learning more about eating disorder. I educated myself in a very good way where I know what can be faced by eating foods that are not healthy for our body and health. I used to think eating was a joke and never took it seriously before in the past. Therefore, after doing a lot of research on this topic I feel like I personally know how it should be taken seriously and that we should do better and help those in need. Many people in the world have different types of bodies and feel very comfortable to the point where they don’t care until someone bullies them or says something harmful to them or face a major health issue. But in reality, it should never be taking that far for someone to realize how they look horrible. In my personal opinion I honestly could say that this topic is very important because many people I know are currently in this similar situation and cannot help themselves but to eat very poorly. I honestly want to be the person who can change someone’s life and help them become in a better and healthier way.

As I have been experienced in the past, I have been that person who was overweight and reached to the point that I started realizing I’m having health issues but was scared to believe it. There are signs that comes and goes but especially when you wake up in the middle of the night because you should not breath do to your weight. I wanted to write about this topic because the stuff I want to write down come from where I was as a person who was having eating disorder and facing health issues. I know how it feels like to be in that situation and I believe explaining it will be heartwarming to try and help those in need.

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