recently had to take the pro side of an argument pertaining to women in sport being more at risk for developing an eating disorder. However, I do not agree with this view. I believe that it is women who are not involved with sports that are more at risk for developing an eating disorder. According to a new survey conducted by SELF magazine “The stats show that 65% of women is at risk of eating disorders, and only a small number are athletic women”. I believe that athletic women have the motivation and access to the equipment, mental support, and proper dietary things that they need in order to live healthier and fitter lives. Women who may not think that they are the size they should or want to be are the ones that are more at risk. They see these athletic women on TV and want to be like them. They do not have the same access to things that athletic women do, so they think that they can lose the weight by not eating, or binging and purging. In conclusion, the facts show that women in sports are healthier, and fitter, and have a better outlook on life than those who do not have the motivation to be athletic.-
Submitted by Diamond Johnson
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do concur with this view that it is not the athletes we have to worry about it is the young girls that are reading the fashion magazines and by far any magazine that has stick thin women. When any young impressionable mind sets their eyes on a magazine and what society accepts as “perfect” we are enforcing the image that we have of how women and men should be to get anywhere in life. Even though we have our parents to mold our views on what is beautiful the media is still very strong on influencing us.
Daana Hatori
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