How Does Advertising Affect Body Image Successful?

Body image is a definite part of American culture. Women want to have the perfect skinny bodies for swimsuit season and men want the chiseled abs of a minor Greek god. These standards are what everyone is supposed to strive for, that to look and feel good, people must abide by them. At least that is what advertisers attempt to make consumers think. Their attempt is a very successful one too. Unrealistic body images placed in advertisements have made many Americans develop unreasonable body ideals in their heads. Which has brought about unhealthy mental and physical side effects, hurting men and women alike of all ages. The Truth in Advertising Act of 2014 proposed by the Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is designed to help combat this problem. She believes that modifying advertisements and media to an unattainable standard is wrong and I completely agree with her legislation to help improve lives.
“How harmful can a bunch of images be?” Statistics and studies show that these modified images and false
The strategy will revolve around the regulatory opinions of diversely picked experts by the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The opinions will be as unbiased as possible to determine is a piece of media is truly harmful. Which will help reign in what Companies can and cannot do to influence consumers. Ms. Ros-Lehtinen is not the only person who understands there needs to be a change. The American Medical Association back in 2011 worked with both the public and private sector to implement guidelines for advertisements in regards to how they affect