Key question

• Is the influence of models and celebrity something that causes anorexia ?

  anorexia - serve eating disorder characterised by being extremly underweight and had abnormal eating habits
• Example 1

  Jades blog - has anorexia and is using her blog to promote anorexic behaviour

  • aim is to provide "tips, trick and information" for others who are in the grip of an eating disorder
  • group of "pro-ana" Who glamorise eating disorders
  • importance of avoiding the temptation of food
• Example 2

  “thinspo” china

  promote adverts about loosing weight

  trend challenges - collar bone / belly button

  2000-2018 - eating disorders increased to 8 %

  Popo - lost 45 kg - ended up in the ICU
• SLT

  model getting followers for looks

  retain image of body

  reproduce body type / behaviour eg purging

  gets support / likes

  celebrity culture increases prevalence of anorexia
• OC

  PR - comments likes on posts

  NR - getting thinner / not bullied anymore

  PP - those bullied for not strong enough

  NP - can’t play sports / can’t eat
• modelling behaviour of anorexia

  • research suggests girls aged 15, 57.8 new cases of anorexia per 100,000 girls each year
  • with social media blogs = younger generation access models and celebrities that portray beauty in a certain way
  • research - people with anorexia find it more difficult to study and concentrate in class