“The eye-catching images of various supermodels and high-class actors on various magazine covers and advertisements go a long way in influencing our choices” (Bagley). The media have a strong affective effect on everyone, even if they promote an inappropriate image of life. Research has shown that people with low self-esteem are more influenced by the media. The media is not solely responsible for eating disorders. However, this does not mean that they have no role in eating disorders. The media is omnipresent and inspiring, it can stop the constant pressure on people to be perfect (Bagley). Socio-cultural influences, such as false images of thin women, have been studied to distort nutrition and cause an individual's body dissatisfaction. However, it is clear that although virtually all women are exposed to these socio-cultural influences, only a very small percentage develop clinical eating disorders (Mazzeo and Bulik). Each article believes that socioculture has an impact on eating disorders. However, researchers believe that this is not the only reason and the simplest statement to make. Eating disorders are much more complicated than simply being attributed to the media. Bagley, Mazzeo, and Bulik all say that the media plays a role in development but is not the primary reason for developing an eating disorder. In all the research conducted so far, media is a part of eating disorders, but not the only culprit. There are many other reasons for developing an eating disorder besides the media. Having examined the effects of the media and how researchers explore the concept of development: We will now focus on the other main opponents of development. Ultimately, whether a person's living situation, environment, and/or genetics leave them open to a hypothesis Eating... center of paper... Environmental factors and biochemistry combine to cause eating disorders.” Healthy Place, 2011. Web. October 13, 2011. .Mazzeo, Suzanne E. and Cynthia M. Bulik "Environmental and genetic risk factors for eating disorders: what your doctor needs to know about eating disorders." 2007. Web. October 27, 2011. .NCBI. Child Psychiatry Clinic, January 18, 2009. Web. October 27, 2011. "What Causes Eating Disorders?" 2011.