Body image and diet industry
 Eating disorders
 Important to frame every issue we do in this course so that
we have a reference
 Media effect on eating disorders and body image
 Large part of this section –
Eating disorder
 One of the more important misconceptions (with any
illness) but specifically one that seems to be popular
among eating disorders is that eating disorders are a
lifestyle choice
 Why would we think this?
 Eating disorders are serious and often fatal illnesses that
are associated with severe disturbances in several areas
 First : disturbances in people’s eating behavior
 Second : disturbances in peoples food related thoughts
 Third: disturbances in food related emotions.
 Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa,
bulimia nervosa, and being -eating disorder
 Anxorexia nervosa
 This condition typically involver
 This can fatal
 People suffering from this have a higher mortality rate
compared with other mental illness
 Also an increased risk of dying from medical
complications associated with starvation
 Suicide is the second leading cause of death for those
diagnosed with anorexia nervosa
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