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Schools

VS.

Parents

What does this photo tell you?

Schools can have more preventative measures

Schools have more access to resources within classes

Schools can educate about more than body image including nutrition, healthy lifestyle, diet and exercise

Education about positive body image and health in a school can reduce body shaming throughout entire school

Schools have professional staff members trained to work with students in sensitive situations

Parent’s jobs to nurture healthy body image

Media use should be monitored by the parent and any misinformation should be discussed

Not enough time or resources in the classroom to teach these topics

Reaches kids on an individual basis

Told by someone you trust

Not as uncomfortable

Not Just Girls

How do eating disorders affect men?

Before and After

  • Different body distortion
  • Need to look “masculine” and buff
  • An estimated 10-15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are male.
  • Men are less likely to seek treatment for eating disorders because of the perception that they are “woman’s diseases.”
  • Among gay men, nearly 14% appeared to suffer from bulimia and over 20% appeared to be anorexic (Anad.org)

Comprehensive Health Education in Schools including body image, diet, and nutrition

Mandating sections to be taught in federally funded schools about proper nutrition, body image and distortion and techniques for diet and exercise.

Providing more grant money and funding to projects and community partners working to better body image

Body Image and the Family

Allocate more funding for projects and community partners working for healthy body image of youth. Create more opportunities for these programs to reach families and youths.

Intended consequences: access to actual education and facts, resources for those in need, breaking down stereotypes of eating disorders, comprehensive education of all areas surrounding body image

Understanding the Influence of Eating Disorders, Family Relations and the Media:

Discussion

Intended consequences: funding for programs educating families, making education available for community, creating awareness of the issue

Unintended consequences: access to quality food, might glamourize eating disorders, actual education would vary, funding for sections, how to fit it into the school curriculum

Unintended consequences: not required to attend (might not reach audience), might provide information on how to continue or start unhealthy habits, might not include men

http://thinintentionsforever.blogspot.com/

Eating disorders: abnormal eating habits that can threaten your health or even your life. (APA.org) They include:

  • Anorexia nervosa: Individuals believe they’re fat even when they’re dangerously thin and restrict their eating to the point of starvation. (APA.org)
  • Described as a “mental demon” by 19 year old Lizzy (webmd.com)
  • Bulimia nervosa: Individuals eat excessive amounts of food, then purge by making themselves vomit or using laxatives. (APA.org)

Where are students getting information on body image?

Family life can sometimes influence our body image. Some parents or coaches might be too focused on looking a certain way or "making weight" for a sports team. Family members might struggle with their own body image or criticize their kids' looks ("why do you wear your hair so long?" or "how come you can't wear pants that fit you?"). This can all influence a person's self-esteem, especially if they're sensitive to others peoples' comments. (kidshealth.org)

  • Students are getting information on body image through media and internet
  • Students learning “diets” and what to eat online and through media
  • In Health class these issues not brought up
  • Health Education can be more chemistry and biology than nutrition

Media Influence

Prevalence of Eating Disorders

  • Rise in social media has led to numbers of sites displaying struggles with ED
  • How-To sites explain ways to effectively get thin (http://thinintentionsforever.blogspot.com)
  • Tips/Rules, Diets plants, Binge prevention, Negative calorie food, alternatives to eating list of activities, goals,
  • Blogs
  • Instagram Accounts
  • “Ana” buddy connections
  • Kik, secret Instagram accounts, tumblr

Objectives

  • Up to 24 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder) in the U.S (anad.org)
  • 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.8 (anad.org)
  • 1/10 with ED receive treatment (anad.org)
  • Pro-ED sites outnumber recovery sites by 5:1
  • In a survey conducted by Rebecka Peebles, MD (webmd.com):
  • 40% of those with an ED had visited a Pro-ED site
  • 34% had visited a recovery site
  • Understanding of Body Image and the Family
  • What influences body image?
  • Why is this an issue worthy of policy?
  • Positions and perspectives on body image
  • Policy solutions recommended
  • Affects and unintended consequences of policy implementations

21st Century Body Image

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