2. DEFINE: EATING DISORDERS
An eating disorder is an illness that causes serious disturbances to your everyday
diet, such as eating extremely small amounts of food or severely overeating.
Eating disorders frequently appear during the teen years or young adulthood.
Most common?
Anorexia and Bulimia
3. SOCIAL MEDIA: ONLINE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION THAT ARE USED BY
LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO SHARE INFORMATION AND DEVELOP SOCIAL CONTACTS.
(DICTIONARY.COM)
• Can lead to eating
disorders
• Focus on Tumblr and
Instagram
• Sites can lead to
unhappiness with
body image
• Common in teens
and young adultsthe main target for
social networking
sites
4. ANOREXIA NERVOSA
• You see yourself as
overweight no matter
how much weight is lost.
• Characteristics?
• Starvation
• Showing of bones
• Repeated weighing
• Carefully measured
portions
• Can cause death
5. BULIMIA NERVOSA
• Extreme overeating followed
by forced techniques to rid
the food.
• Characteristics?
• Vomiting
• Use of laxatives
• Normal weight
• Fear of gaining more
weight
• Binge and Purge
• Unhappiness
6. DEPRESSION
• Mental disorder that
affects
mood, confidence, and
feelings of belongingness.
• Characteristics?
• Sadness
• Troubles with mood
• Difficulty working or
sleeping
• Feelings of
worthlessness
• Can lead to alcohol and
drug use
• Can lead to suicide
7. AFFECTING THE YOUNGER GENERATION
• Main focus is on
females. Each
disorder is less likely
in males.
• Teens and young
adults are at risk.
• Constant influence of
cell phone and
technology use
increases chances.
8. BODY IMAGE
“Body image is how a person
feels about the way he or she
looks. It is not based on fact, but
rather is learned from the
surrounding environment that
surrounds us. Body image can
change as children grow and
become influenced by different
biological, psychological, and
social factors.”
9. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK?
SURVEY CONDUCTED BY OPRAH IN “BEAUTY BY THE DECADE”
60s:
Teens:
Grateful: 52.2%
Self-conscious: 50%
Satisfied: 46.1%
Satisfied: 42.9%
Self-conscious: 32.6%
Grateful: 40.5%
Dissatisfied: 28.7%
Happy: 36.9%
Happy: 27.4%
Dissatisfied: 26.2%
10. STATISTICS:
• Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for
depression.
• 91% of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to
control their weight through dieting.
• Major depression affects about 6.7% of the U.S. population over
age 18, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
• Almost twice as many women as men have major or clinical
depression.
11. CONNECTION
• Social networking allows the use of photo editing software
• Influence of media allows the comparison to models
• Pictures on social networking sites are not realistic
• What is seen online can affect the way you think
