Event Outline: Fighting Media Standards (Presentation/Activity)

By: Selma Dajani

I. Introduce Topic
a. About eating disorders, symptoms, triggering factors, how social media may be
one of the most prominent causing factors, and how to fight against these
“ideals.”
II. What are Eating Disorders?
a. Define
III. Types of Eating Disorders and their Effects
a. Describe the four main types
b. Physical/Psychological effects
IV. Triggering Factors + Statistics
a. Include factors
b. Statistics for men and women
V. Why Social Media is one of the Main Factors?
a. Explain my argument
VI. How to Fight against these Superficial Ideals?
a. Developing a strong sense of self-wroth, self-acceptance, self-concept, etc
VII. Islamic Connection
a. Hadith about how health is valued and its importance
VIII. Activity
a. Give a balloon to each student at the beginning and let them hold on to it until I
tell them to blow them up as much as they can until I say stop. I will tell them let
go of their balloons and throw them up into the air as hard as they can. I will then
tell them that the air within the balloon represents negativity and to begin building
self-worth, letting go of negativity/negative influences is the first step and they
just did it!