IS MEDIA TO BLAME FOR THE INCREASE IN EATING DISORDERS?

In 2019, the Butterfly Foundation’s Insights in Body Esteem campaign found 58 per cent of people compared themselves to others on social media and half the surveyed people were extremely dissatisfied with themselves. The HuffPost UK also reported on a study that found 40 per cent of females felt more self-conscious about their bodies after watching reality tv show Love Island. Alarmingly, body dissatisfaction is an early warning sign for the development of an eating disorder and yet it doesn’t