All about the effects of

BODY IMAGE &

STANDARDS
Many people struggle with their physical appearance due to the body and image
standards set by society. Society has set unrealistic body image standards that have
interfered with many people's lives and self-esteem. People are often exposed to these
“ideal” body image standards through social media, magazines, video platforms, etc. This
is often due to wanting to fit in and be part of the community.

HOW DOES IT
AFFECT?
Not meeting these standards can
often be overwhelming and be
linked to anxiety and depression.
Which could lead to eating
Approximately
disorders and suicide
6 out of every 10
women have been
affected by an eating
disorder throughout
WHO DOES IT AFFECT? their life.
Studies show that over 50% percent of WHY IS
teenage girls are unhappy with their physical
appearance and over 5 Millon Americans are
AWARENESS
affected with an eating disorder each year IMPORTANT?
It is important to
bring awareness to
this social issue and
online course this is something
that could be

for parents: avoided through the

help of parents by
watching for signs
The course is called “Complete
and symptoms of
Guide to Parenting Eating sucide or eating
Disorders Successfully” This disorders also
course is a $97 4-week course limiting the use of
that is completely online. Which social media and
covers many important things video-based
such as how to help and signs platforms at a
and preventions. It is important young age.
for all parents to take this course
or something similar. There may
even be free courses that may HOW ELSE CAN PARENTS
help with this. HELP?
https://more-love.org/? parents should encourage their
s=eating+disorder+course kids to have high self-esteem from
a young age and teach kids that
not everything that is seen online
or on television is real and is
usually edited to an unrealistic
body image. It is important to
teach the kids this at a young
age because it can help prevent
issues with this in the future.