What can you do?
The internet can be a cause and leading factor to body dissatisfaction and eating disorders within males and
females. Seeing constant images of humans resembling stick figures parading around in itty bitty bikinis, advertising diet and weight loss supplements is enough to send anyone into a downward spiral because no one looks like that. Not even the people in the commercials or advertisements look like that. Thanks to Photoshop any imperfection can be erased for all eternity, and all that is left is beautiful, flawless individuals we strive to be. The question that remains; can the internet, which can worsen body dissatisfaction and lead to eating disorders, also be used to help individuals who are suffering from these conditions?
Research had been done to answer this question and provide insight about how to resolve body dissatisfaction and eating disorder issues. Luce, Winzelberg, Osborne & Zabinski (2003), investigated the previous research about psychological interventions used on the
internet to help minimize the effects of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. More Americans than ever have access to the internet, so it’s safe to assume that it can be used as a resource for many different issues, including body dissstisaction. There are websites and support groups for just about any issue that people may have. Websites such as www.supportgroups.com, www.overcomingovereating.com and www.bulimia.com, are websites that many individuals have access to, and can use as a resource to find information and talk to others who are suffering from similar problems. Throuh these sites you can talk to others who have suffered, or are sufering with similar problems. They can provide insight into what you are going throuh, as well as help by understanding the severity of the problem.
The the internet can be used as a method of delivering information as well as a way to communicate information between individuals. The technological advances of the internet can allow information that is presented to individuals to be personalized. For instance, a web-based program can be designed to provide information based on answers received from an internet survey. There are also different ways in which messages can be delivered. They can be public or private as well as synchronous (i.e., in real time) such as through chat rooms as well a instant messaging, or asynchronous through the use on e-mail or bulletin boards, (Luce et al., 2003). With all of the different possiblities that the internet has to offer, it is a tool that can be used to work through body dissatisfaction issues. Individusals can gain access to doctors and other individuals inorder to overcome these problems. Workin withothers is the key to a successful recovery and learning how to cope with the ever increasingly popular interet will help to overcome the picutres that drive individuals to be unhappy with their own body image.
females. Seeing constant images of humans resembling stick figures parading around in itty bitty bikinis, advertising diet and weight loss supplements is enough to send anyone into a downward spiral because no one looks like that. Not even the people in the commercials or advertisements look like that. Thanks to Photoshop any imperfection can be erased for all eternity, and all that is left is beautiful, flawless individuals we strive to be. The question that remains; can the internet, which can worsen body dissatisfaction and lead to eating disorders, also be used to help individuals who are suffering from these conditions?
Research had been done to answer this question and provide insight about how to resolve body dissatisfaction and eating disorder issues. Luce, Winzelberg, Osborne & Zabinski (2003), investigated the previous research about psychological interventions used on the
internet to help minimize the effects of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. More Americans than ever have access to the internet, so it’s safe to assume that it can be used as a resource for many different issues, including body dissstisaction. There are websites and support groups for just about any issue that people may have. Websites such as www.supportgroups.com, www.overcomingovereating.com and www.bulimia.com, are websites that many individuals have access to, and can use as a resource to find information and talk to others who are suffering from similar problems. Throuh these sites you can talk to others who have suffered, or are sufering with similar problems. They can provide insight into what you are going throuh, as well as help by understanding the severity of the problem.
The the internet can be used as a method of delivering information as well as a way to communicate information between individuals. The technological advances of the internet can allow information that is presented to individuals to be personalized. For instance, a web-based program can be designed to provide information based on answers received from an internet survey. There are also different ways in which messages can be delivered. They can be public or private as well as synchronous (i.e., in real time) such as through chat rooms as well a instant messaging, or asynchronous through the use on e-mail or bulletin boards, (Luce et al., 2003). With all of the different possiblities that the internet has to offer, it is a tool that can be used to work through body dissatisfaction issues. Individusals can gain access to doctors and other individuals inorder to overcome these problems. Workin withothers is the key to a successful recovery and learning how to cope with the ever increasingly popular interet will help to overcome the picutres that drive individuals to be unhappy with their own body image.