Out in the real world, people come in all shapes and sizes, and people are attracted to people of all shapes and sizes. But magazines and televisions have defined beauty so narrowly that it is unattainable by most people. This standard of beauty makes extreme thinness the only acceptable body type. The result of the media's constant reinforcement of this standard is a nation obsessed with dieting and weight loss at any cost. The lives and health of Americans are suffering.