Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Frequent users of Facebook encourages eating disorders

This was discovered by researchers at the University of Haifa in Israel. At the study included 248 girls aged 12 to 19 years. The participants had on their Internet-viewing habits and provide information. In addition, their attitudes were to eat, queried weight loss, bulimia, and satisfaction with one's own body. They should also indicate the extent to which they feel self-determined.



The results show that those girls suffered more from bulimia, anorexia, negative body image and diet delusion that spend much time on Facebook. A relationship could also be made between certain TV shows and eating disorders: who watched series, dealing with gossip and leisure topics, such as "Gossip Girl" frequently ill with anorexia, the study showed.

A crucial role is played according to the researchers to parents: When employing adults with bids using their daughters, these read with them or watch and carry out a critical discussion, the girls are confident and form a sort of "shield" against Eating disorders. Parents do not care about the media consumption, can have negative effects on self-esteem and eating behavior.

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