eating disorders

Question 1

Obsession with food and body shape

Answer 1

44% of US women diet

Question 2

Role of the media

Answer 2

Media associate beautiful people with happy lives and high moral standards
Friends pictures on social media have biggest impact on social media
Women more likely to compare their body image to friends rather than celebrities

Question 3

Clinical aspects of eating disorders

Answer 3

Intense and pathological fear of becoming overweight and fat
Pursuit of thinness that is sometimes deadly