Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In our society today, people would rather see what celebrities are doing than what is happening with our health plan. Watching the news makes us aware of the latest trend, the new gadget, who is in rehab or who is suffering from an eating disorder. In the eyes of society, women like Eva Longoria, Kim Kardashian and Megan Fox embody perfection. What girl wouldn't want to look like them? Unfortunately, this includes most girls in the United States. Through television shows, commercials, magazines or any form of advertising, the media imposes a certain body type that women imitate. The media has created a powerful social system where everyone must achieve a slim waist and full breasts. As a society, we are so obsessed with the image of approval of thinness and disapproval of being overweight that it affects the health of most women. Instead, women attempt to adapt to the social acceptance of thinness by focusing on unrealistic body images which lead them to have lower self-esteem and are more likely to fall prey to mental health disorders. food. The media has a dangerous influence on women's health in the United States. UNITED STATES. The hottest and most sought after magazines in any local store are saturated with beautiful slim women acting as a sexy ornament on the cover. Television commercials feature slim and tall women promoting limitless things, from new clothes to as simple as a toothbrush. The media presents an unrealistic body type for girls to admire, not images we can relate to in everyday life. When you walk around town, very few people look like the women in the ads, some are thin, but nothing like the cat walk model. As often as we see those impeccable images floating across the television screen or in magazines, this... middle of paper ...the training is taken off their shoulders if they know there is other women like them. . The average height for women in the United States is 14; who is considered a plus size model. In conclusion, women should be comfortable in their own skin and should not feel pressured to be as thin as a model. Women need to feel appropriate and good about themselves, and not feel inferior to the model on television or displayed in a magazine ad. We are all different and no woman is exactly the same and even those who seem perfect have flaws and love handles, and women need to realize that this is the truth. So, by accepting yourself as you really are and what you have accomplished in life, this will strengthen our self-esteem. Once the world understands this, media will no longer have such a monumental impact on society..