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Peer Pressure And Dieting
By Debbie Green, Sat Dec 10th
Peer pressure occurs when a group of people or just one personcan make an individual feel uncomfortable, leading them to makedecisions that they may not otherwise decide to make if they didnot have influences in their life. This can affect the way aperson thinks, dresses, looks, speaks or eats. The person whogives in and decides to change their lifestyle usually feelsthat they must conform to other attitudes or behaviors to feelpart of the norm.
When peer pressure involves the way a person eats, this canresult in drastic consequences. When a person feels an intenseurge to change their eating habits to fit it, they may develophabits that can turn a healthy body into a poor bill of health.This is seen when individuals attempt to diet in order to fitinto an image that they have dubbed as ideal. Many peopleassociate peer pressure with teens, but adults often face thesame obstacles when they come face to face with weight issuesbrought on upon their peers.
Peer pressure not only comes from family and friends, but cancome in the form of other outside influences. For example,today's society pushes for a thinner world. People cannot escapethe "in-their-face" reminders of how attractive a thinner imageappears to others. This is prominent every time you open up amagazine, revealing the latest models or watching your favoritesitcom and spotting the "hottest" television star.
Peer Pressure and Dieting Can Lead To
1) Low Self-Esteem
When a person is constantly hearing about their weight fromfamily and friends, it may result in low self-esteem. Feelingsof low self-worth,
guilt and unattractiveness may develop thatmay prompt the individual to diet in order to please the peoplearound them, as well as themselves.
2) Depression
Peer pressure to diet and make drastic lifestyle changes, aperson may feel depressed because of their failed attempts tolose weight or that they are not up to the standards of thosethey are surrounded by.
3) Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa deals with the strong fear of being or becomingfat. People who practice this lifestyle wish to maintain anemaciated body weight. There are about 50% of anorexia nervosapatients who engage in self-induced vomiting and/or the abuse oflaxatives.
4) Bulimia
When a person suffers from bulimia nervosa, they participate inreoccurring cycles of binge-eating. After binge-eating, theyengage in some form of purging, which includes such methods asvomiting, abusing laxatives and/or abusing diuretics. This istheir attempt to prevent weight gain.
5) Poor Body Image
If a person is feeling peer pressure to diet, whether or notthey are of healthy or unhealthy weight, may develop a poor bodyimage of them. This can lead to unhealthy practices when theyattempt to diet. If someone keeps hearing over and over againthat they need to diet, then they may feel that something iswrong with their image and that what others say is the truth.
About the author:Debbie Green has spent 15 years trying to lose 60lbs. She stillhas 20lbsto lose, but has learnt a few tips and tricks along theway.
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