Body Image Informative Speech

Over twenty million people suffer from some type of eating disorder. Of all the mental illnesses eating disorders have the highest rate, thanks to low self-esteem and social media.(Wandschneider) The reason why I’m telling you this is because you will meet someone with some type of problem and this is something that isn’t going away. Today I’m going to tell you about social media and its influences on body image. I choose this topic because it seems like a situation that’s always there. I have researched and gotten a lot of information to prepare for this topic. So first I will tell you how the body image has changed from what was once to what it is now. Secondly I will tell you how it affects both boys and girls. Finally I will tell you what we can do to help.
Many things affect the body image, it can be relationships, parenting, education, and so on but the biggest would be media. The pressure to look good has pushed up cosmetic surgery by nearly twenty percent since 2008. (Roxby) The idea too look good is killing people, nine percent of all women are unhappy with their appearance. (Wandschneider) People don’t seem to understand that what they’re looking at isn’t real. Only 5 percent of women in the US actually fit the body type that is portrayed in advertisement’s. (Miller) Second I will tell you about it effects people, both boys and girls. Anorexia nervosa is the highest cause of deaths for female ages 15-24. (Tackett). People don’t see that it effects guy just as it does girls. About one in every 3 people that have a eating disorder is a guy. (NEDA) studies say that 25 percent of cases of anorexia are guys. (NEDA) Many guys aren’t diagnosed with an eating disorder because most people don’t think guy would have a problem. Did you know every 62 minutes at least one person dies from and eating disorder? (ANAD) So the question is what we can do to