The article discusses how Japanese women are facing the health problem of being too skinny. One of the women in the article, Shiho Aoki, points out the reasoning for the problem being “the pressure for young women to be thin is greater than ever, largely because popular Japanese models are getting skinner. At 5 feet 1 and weighing 100 pounds, Aoki said she was considered ‘fat’ among friends.” The notion that this young woman and her friend’s think she is fat for her height is seriously scary. Though I think this follows suit of young girls and women in America that think they are overweight based on models and actresses. I also found it quite interesting that the opposite can be said for older men to which “Nearly 40 percent of men in their 40s and 50s are considered overweight.” Obviously women are more affected by images in the media than what men are.
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