In the essay "A Certain Hunger", by Maggie Helwig it shows how people can develop a negative body image about themselves because of the way society praise and glorifies models and "thin" celebrities. People would be more secure about themselves, if everyone would accept people as they are, and help the people who have these image problems before they lose control, lose self-confidence and lose hope in themselves. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are unexplainable and …showed first 75 words of 686 total…

…showed last 75 words of 686 total…was the first step. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia will not be going away until society changes its view on people and the way people are looked at; by recognising these as problems, we have taken a step forward. It may only be a single step, but every race and every journey through life begins with a single step and each step brings us a little closer to the goal that we have set for ourselves.