http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/12/social-media-anorexia-bulimia-young-people_n_1962730.html
The
article is called “Eating
Disorders: How Social Media Helps Spread Anorexia And Bulimia In Young People”
published by The Huffington Post and written by Christopher York.
This article emphasizes how important it is for children and adolescents to feel good about themselves again and that it is essential to provide enough healthy alternatives to the support that many adolescents and children find through social media.
Similarly to the first article, this
one reports statistics too, where other alarming numbers can be found. The
statistics claim that the hospital admissions for eating disorders rose by 16% from last year.
This article further explains how social
media affect young generations in shaping their beliefs about the ‘ideal’ body
image. It examines social media such as
Pinterest and Facebook, claiming that Pinterest recently banned the possibility to search
for words such as “thinspiration” because they may lead the users to develop eating disorders.
The author of the article states “Research has shown that eating
disorders can be transmitted "like a virus" through social networks, whilst
pro-anorexic websites provide tips, advice and an online community for
unhealthy weight management.”
Works Cited:
York,
Christopher. "Eating Disorders: How Social Media Helps Spread Anorexia And
Bulimia In Young People." The Huffington Post. N.p., 13 Oct. 2012.
Web. 05 May 2013.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/12/social-media-anorexia-bulimia-young-people_n_1962730.html>.
The weight issues in teenagers and children are awful , connected to the unpleasant advertisements and tv shows you pointed out, they want to ‘fit in’ and be just like the character they like. The thin and beautiful characters in shows and movies are most of the time the popular ones and the children want to adjust themselves like the character. The issue we have here, is that they do not just want to ‘act’ like them but also look like them and want to change their looks and body. I am quite shocked about the rate you have mentioned earlier, that children already at the age of 10 years think about their weight! This was something unusual in earlier times, children at that age do not even spend so much time on watching television. This is an on going issue which should be taken care of since parents suffer under having difficulties raising their child in this situation the right way.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with you that weight subject especially referring to teenagers is a really serious issue. I think that no young people, 7-10 are aware of issues such as photo-shopeed,airbrushing etc and therefore they create unrealistic images about their idols. Many young people identify with idols and therefore they want to imitate them considering their visual-image, attitudes and behaviors. These have many negative effects: such as eating disorders.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the article II, which emphasized the importance of satisfaction with your self.