Skinny or Smart

Would you rather be skinny or smart?   This question hits young girls across America.   Today many of our young Americans are losing weight to essentially be more “beautiful.”   I use the word “beautiful” carefully because beautiful is not what is on the outside, but the inside is where it counts.   Yes, some girls are naturally pretty and smart, but what some people don’t realize is that some of those girls are not eating and not exercising to get the body that they would like.   This paper will focus on the young girls that are coming unhealthy to supposedly get the body they would like to have.    














In this issue there are many different kinds of people who are involved.   It includes anyone who is just not eating an essential meal.   This is not just an issue for women, but I’m focusing on mainly the girls because they are the most popular group to be doing this.   Each and every time one person tries to lose weight by not eating an essential meal is hurting themselves.   They might not care though.   Some of the girls know that trying to lose weight should be by not eating.   I know for a fact that in health classes that I have had, the teacher has taught us about bulimia and other health conditions relating to this subject.  











Most of the time girls are trying to act and look like celebrities.   So they can hopefully be as successful as their celebrity.   For instance Diana, Princess of Wales was one of the world's most beloved women, suffered from bulimia. It is said to have developed during her unhappy marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales. People admired Diana for her warmth, honesty and devotion to her sons. But most of all, they identified with her exquisite vulnerability.   Eight million or more people in the United States have an eating disorder, ninety percent are women and eating disorders usually start in the teens but may begin as early as age eight.   To me the center of this...