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Is it inadvertently the fault of the people or the corporations regarding the rise in obesity in the past 30 years? It is debatable depending on who you are defending: the health of America or large corporations. Obesity and Anorexia are both serious health conditions that are on the rise (Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders). The only solutions yet known for these conditions are the inevitable rehabilitations, and drastic gastric bypass surgeries. Obesity is a massive money maker for various industries such as, food, government, healthcare, diet and fitness, media all make money as a result of unhealthy food consumption (Olfman).
Media keeps spinning "Be thin" with scrawny models, then turns around, and says "EAT" with food advertisements. The outcome: the obesity epidemic surges on (The Eating Disorder Sourcebook). The effect of the media's mixed messages is loss of self image, especially in adolescents. Low self esteem can lead anorexia and drug use and......

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