Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato is an extremely famous pop star and actress in America. Recently she has opened up about having an eating disorder when she was younger, after being harassed by kids at her school for being "fat", she started compulsively overeating at a very young age and due to the harassment almost stopped eating altogether at the age of 12.

Eating Disorders are serious and complex problems that affect millions of young men and women all over the world. But so many people don't understand them. For example it is a common misconception that eating disorders are just about food. butt actually they are so much more than that.Eating disorders often stem from feelings of low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, or in Demi’s case, being teased and ridiculed for her weight. She also believes that a big contributing factor to these feelings is the pressure that’s out there to meet impossible standards.

As many models presented in magazines are of an unhealthy size 0, it’s important for girls not to feel pressured into thinking that they must look like that, because that is an unrealistic image. Demi speaking out about her eating disorder gives many young teenage girls the confidence to seek help if they have or know someone who is going through a similar situation. This is the right type of influential confidence I want my magazine to be about.