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Social media is so overwhelming it become a necessity especially to young teenagers as they are triggered by the influences of super models and their body shapes and sizes and try to obtain that certain image. The evolution of body images used to be plus size where models had hips and could present themselves in a respective way, as years have passed, it became all about long hair and a flat stomach. Mind you those concepts are still into play but now it seems to be all about fitness and bettering your health. Social media has influenced this in both a positive and negative way by interrupting those to be healthy and eat properly and go to the gym and better themselves in a way that they are confident and happy although it plays a negative way as well because everyone’s body type is different and sometimes it might be hard and almost impossible to get to the point of satisfaction. Becoming comfortable with oneself and learning how to love yourself despite of how you look, feel think or portray yourself to be is becoming more of an issue especially in the younger age groups who are ending elementary school and entering high school or ending high school and going off to college or university.

Because of the rapid ownership of cellphones and technology and younger generations getting introduced, parents or guardians usually spend more or their time patenting on “cyberbullying” and making sure that it won’t occur or how to defend themselves but what about the social media and society body image influence? Where and who are the parents that can make, their child feel special in ways that words can’t describe, where are the individuals who believe in themselves and know they can achieve anything they set their mind to and where are the parents that influence their child to have manners and respect? With visual platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and snapchat, these social media tools deliver ways of communication but allowing teens to earn approval for their current appearance and comparing themselves to others in which lowers body confidence and obtain a negative mirror image. Social media is damaging teens mindsets and getting the idea that it’s about “thin ideal, thick ideal, enlarged breasts, enlarged butt” etc., it seems to never stop, this is not only portrayed on social media but through movies, magazines or television. A great percentage of celebrities influence the younger generation into thinking they should care what everyone else thinks of them and what they should expect in a relationship or how they should look, mind you most of the magazines if not all that are published have at least some form of Photoshop.

Now with the body industry there becomes complications which can influence and trigger eating disorders. Here are more common eating disorders and their definitions,

·      Anorexia nervosa, simply the fear of gaining weight and often characterized by low weight, they have a strong desire to be thin and results in food restriction. Mirrored image is simply viewing themselves to be overweight but in fact are underweight.

·      Bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder that is binge eating then followed by purging. Binge refers to eating large amounts of food within a short period, whereas purging refers to the attempt of getting rid of food that has been consumed, often individual make themselves vomit or take laxatives.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRlpIkH3b5I

Both videos represent the body image and direct towards wanting to be something different and have the dream body.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cbEeSKIZo

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1)    I found this tweet and it seemed like it was a personal message and directed to others who feel the same way. It says “I don’t think ill ever look at the fat on my stomach and go, “I love this”. But I do think I can tolerate and accept my body fat and move on with my life so I can focus on living out my values”. This tweet should remind others not to care what they look like at least to a certain extent; we often spend so much time wondering how we can look and how we should feel instead of actually being in the moment of time.

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1)    This image displays a tweet that I had found on social media and it states “if we struggle with #bodyimage so will our children. It’s important to have an open dialogue about body image and how your child feels about themselves”. I found this post was a great example because parents or guardians need to realize that body image especially expressed through social media is a problem that constantly reoccurs. Therefore, parents or those who look after the younger generation need to teach them to love themselves and be happy about their bodies.

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1)    This image displays more than words can explain, knowing that personality doesn’t come from a numerical number, and that whatever the number says on the scale, one means much more than that.

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1)    Displays how the body image “requirements” of how someone should look or feel throughout the years. Throughout the generations there has been drastic change and differences.

Staff, P. (2017). Body image timeline Leading Issues Timelines. Retrieved from https://sks.sirs.com

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1)    This image was quite upsetting to my eyes, a young girl like this shouldn’t have to worry about her weight, height or looks. I would say she is roughly 9 years old maybe younger or older, but despite of the age, she should be outside playing games like tag or baseball instead of looking in a mirror and seeking ways of opportunity in which she can change about her appearance.

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1)    This image represents that everyone’s imperfections are perfect and that all body types are seen beautiful despite your size, height or weight.

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Article 2 “There's a Dangerous Racial Bias in the Body Mass Index”

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Article 2 “There's a Dangerous Racial Bias in the Body Mass Index”

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1)    While reading the article, it was describing that one should not use BMI (body mass index) as a resort to checking if one is healthy or not. It is a misrepresentation that only goes based off heights and weight and divides into categories of

a.     Underweight

b.     Average

c.     Obese

i.     A great percentage of individuals are in the obese category.

Firger, J. (2017, May). There's a dangerous racial bias in the body mass index. Newsweek, Retrieved from https://sks.sirs.com

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Article 1: Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Females and Males: Risk and Resilience

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Article 1: Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Females and Males: Risk and Resilience

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1)    While reading one of the articles, I came across that “46% of girls and 26% of boys report significant distress about their body size and shape, while only 12% of girls and 17% of boys indicate that they are satisfied with their body shape” (Presnell,K). This was disappointing because everyone sees themselves needing to change and be like everyone else meanwhile they look perfectly fine.
Presnell, K., & others. (2007). Body dissatisfaction in adolescent females and males: Risk.. Prevention Researcher Integrated Research Services, Inc., Vol.14, no.3, , 3-6. Retrieved from https://sks.sirs.com

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“Body confidence; it’s not about how you look, it’s about how you feel”. This bought pleasure to my eyes while reading this because it is true and not often do people feel good about themselves, there is always something in the back of their mind or thoughts that they determine that something about them needs to change, if that is their hair, or skin colour, or the way they do makeup, wardrobe or entirely everything. There will never not be a feature on one’s body that they wouldn’t want to change.

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“I wish I could be one of those fat girls who wears whatever no matter what anyone says. But I hear my parents well-meaning voices; “cover your arms, they’re huge.” “you have so much far on your back”. “you’ve become a rolly ball.” “your legs are huge”. While reading this tweet, I was very shocked and upset with the outcome, where people sometimes have nothing nice to say about anyone, and is directed right to their physical appearance. If everyone looked the same, the world would be boring.

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Social Media and Society Body Image Influences 

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Social Media and Society Body Image Influences 

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As technology is so broad with all apps and accessibility within adolescents, we are often portrayed to compare ourselves between another through person or online social media. As years go on, new trends are introduced and can be anything from hair, wardrobe or body shape or size. This becomes a difficult path for the younger generation because they are not sure what is right and what is wrong and are often drawn by looking further into the social media to receive answers.