What statement could the author add to persuade readers? A.
Between five and ten million women and girls in the United States struggle with eating disorders.
B.
Most men who have eating disorders hide it from the people close to them.
C.
It's easier for men to lose weight than it is for women to lose weight.
D.
If most people exercised just 20 minutes a day, they could become healthier.
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Thin is in. More often than not, that's what most magazines would have people believe. Whether it's models, movie stars, or singers, celebrities seem to be shrinking. They would have people believe that most well-known celebrities who are famous have one thing in common: they are thin. While this may be true, it doesn't make it right. It also causes a bigger problem. Many people, young women in particular, see this. They buy into the idea. They think that in order to do well, they too must be thin.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with being naturally thin. It only becomes a problem when people put themselves in danger. It's when people to try and copy a thin look that it is harmful. It's one of the reasons why so many people deal with anorexia and bulimia. The media shows people who are thin. Pageant winners, models, movie stars are all thin. Those who aren't thin are barely seen by the public.

People will say that it's not the media's fault. They will say it's the magazines, movies, and television shows. They are only giving people what they want. They will say that they are only showing what people want to be. They say it's what shows real beauty. The truth is this: the average American woman is 5'4" tall. The average woman also weighs 140 pounds. The average American model is 5'11" tall. The average model weighs 117 pounds. How can models really stand for what most women look like?

I have a solution. Don't buy into the magazines, movies, and television shows. And don't buy them period. Don't buy magazines that show models that look like they are starving. Stop paying for movies that make you feel like you have to starve yourself sick to look good. Tell movie makers, magazines, and television shows to get serious. Force them to show the real American ideal of beauty-that everyone is different. Not everyone who is beautiful is thin. Not everyone who is thin is beautiful.

the answer to your question is,

addison and steele.

-mabel < 3

a friend in need is a short story written by william somerset maugham. in the story, the main character (whose name is never mentioned) reflects upon the fact that people appearances do not tell us the reality of their personalities. in fact, the character states that his longtime and friends are the ones that he have known the less, as he mentions in the first paragraph of the text: “my oldest friends are just those of whom i can say that i don't know.”the character supports this idea by narrating an experience that happened with his friend edward hyde burton.

in the first place, the main theme of the story is the people real personalities beyond their cover. furthermore, he states that even the nicest friends can have dark personalities. using the example of burton:

“i think the chief thing that struck me about burton was his kindliness. there was something very pleasing in his mild blue eyes. his voice was gentle; you could not imagine that he could raise it in anger; his smile was kind. here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows.”

subsequently, the character narrates the events that led him to come to this belief. burton told him about a poor man (also name burton) that once came to his office in seek for an employ. burton agreed with the man that he would give him a job if he was able to swim around “the beacon and landed at the creek of tarumi.” eventually the man drowned due to his terrible health.  

finally, the character concludes his remark by mentioning the satirical response of burton when he is asked if he had thought of the man’s possible fate:  

"when you offered him the job, did you know that he'd be drowned?

he gave a little mild chuckle and he looked at me with those kind blue eyes of his. he rubbed his chin with his hand.

well, i hadn't got a vacancy in my office at the moment."

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