"Because of their remote location, the Fiji islands did not access to television until 1995, when a single station was introduced. It broadcasts programs from the United States, Great Britain, and Australia. Until that time, Fiji had no reported cases of eating disorders, and a study conducted by anthropologist Anne Becker showed that most Fijian girls and women, no matter how large, were comfortable with their bodies. In 1998, just three years after the station began broadcasting, 11 percent of girls reported vomiting to control weight, and 62 percent of girls surveyed reported dieting during the previous months. Becker was surprised by the change; she had though that Fijian cultural traditions, which celebrate eating and favor voluptous bodies, would “withstand” the influence of media images. Her explanation for the Fijian’s vulnerability? They were not sophisticated enough about media to recognize that the television images were not “real.”"