As quoted in the article, "A Call for Truth in the Fashion Pages" by Ashley O'Neil, "The beauty and fashion industries sell consumers, mostly women, products to make them thinner, younger, and more attractive. ... In the United States, 32.8% of adults are obese but the disgustingly sad part is 25.8% of children are considered obese (Khan). ... Quoted by O'Neil, the United Kingdom formed a system, called Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which is: "a system of self-regulation of the advertising industry that is run by a nongovernmental regulatory body[that is]...

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Mass Media Have you ever had an original thought? Why do we dress the way we do, watch what we watch or even live the way we do. Through our means of entertainment, it is almost a guide in how one should live their life. With the technology we have in our world we are persuaded to believe what...

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