America's Problem

Tina walks in to her middle school gym class glowing with confidence. She has always been athletic and cocky. She has loved gym since she could remember, but something is different about today. Today for the first time she must change her clothes in front of her peers. She feels fine initially, but then she starts to look around. She realizes her body is not as perfect as she thought it was. Just because she has a little roll, she feels that she is ugly. The images of models and actresses came back to haunt her. They had never really affected her until today.
In today’s society, appearance is a big factor of attraction. Most people do not want to be seen with someone society deems as unattractive. They feel they will be subjected to ridicule by their peers. So what really is attractive? In today’s society it is being thin and fit. This leads to an obsession with exercising and diets. Sometimes healthy and sometimes excessive.
In the 80’s, a trend was started for a healthy Am...