Plus Size Models Research Paper

Why is media promoting sickness and death because of people´s body? Plus size models encourage obesity and an unhealthy life. They make women think being obese is okay, therefore taking away their motivation to be healthy. Teenage girls can be easily influenced by trend, now it is plus size, so they will follow that, and although being too thin is also dangerous, what the fat acceptance models promote is even worse, because of the explosion in the obesity rates.

Plus size models make girls and women in general think that it´s okay to be fat when it’s not; therefore, taking their motivation and desire to be healthy. Even though some say that these models represent women, Dr. Ellie Cannon said: “These models are too fat to represent real women” (2015), explaining that what women want is for the media to represent the average. This is not what plus size models are doing, going to the extreme. Why can´t they show real women instead of going to extremes, either extremely skinny or fat? Lastly, Dr. Sarah Burnett said “being morbidly obese is a choice, and while some say it´s a disability, who chooses to be disabled?” (2015). …show more content…
Others could say that not everyone follows social media, but according to the U.S. Census Bureau, people spend approximately 3.5 hours a day in different types of social media. It is impossible not to assume that something we spend so much time on has some effect on us. Also according to Parent Further, only 10% of the teens surveyed said they haven´t been affected by peer pressure and social media. Because of that, plus size models encourage obesity and show teenage girls that being fat doesn´t matter, when it does. JustSayYes.org also agrees that what social media shows and its trends can lead teen girls to eating disorders, drugs, alcohol, cutting and