The Skinny on Regulating Media Images to Prevent Eating Disorders

Twenty-four million people suffer from eating disorders in the United States. To put that in perspective, that’s nearly twice the number of adults in the United States with major depression, and about two million more than the number of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Alzheimer’s, generalized anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder combined. Women are particularly vulnerable to developing eating disorders due to the pervasiveness of an unrealistically thin standard of Read More…