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#Repost @ced_sheppardpratt with @get_repost ・・・ We're marking #StressAwarenessMonth with a new video on stress as a trigger for eating disorders - and what to do if you see this in a friend, loved one or even yourself. #LetsCheckIn. Watch it here https://youtu.be/YcjlCUNlxZQ and visit eatingdisorder.org/letscheckin to learn more.

#Repost @ced_sheppardpratt (@get_repost) ・・・ In recognition of Men's Health Month, #LetsCheckIn with the boys and men we care about. End the stigma around #bodyimage and #eatingdisorders. *** Our culture in general, and the media specifically, often pushes women to lose, lose, lose so they can be smaller, thinner and closer to an elusive definition of “perfect” but the opposite message is often being pushed towards men; most advertising and traditional media suggests the male quest for perfection requires they be bigger, stronger and more muscular. Products previously peddled exclusively towards women – hair removal items, weight loss diets, tanning products, and plastic surgery – are expanding their markets by making men take a harder, longer and much more critical look at their own appearance. * A 2016 review of five national studies found that 20 to 40 percent of men were unhappy with some aspect of their looks, including physical appearance, weight, and muscle size and tone. An earlier study found that college aged men who viewed media images of muscular men showed a significantly greater discrepancy between their own perceived muscularity (what they think they look like) and their ideal body (what they feel they should look like). The researchers suggested their results could show that even brief exposure to such idealized images can increase body dissatisfaction in men. * Despite this ongoing push for men to get bigger and stronger, over the last decade we’ve also seen the juxtaposition of thinner versions of masculinity. You can see it when looking at modern male mannequins with impossibly small waists and very slim – yet sculpted – abdomens and legs. Conflicting body ideals abound. So what is the message after all…get bigger, but stay lean? Be muscular, but still fit in those trendy skinny jeans? It’s mind numbing to try and understand, and even more impossible to attain, yet these are the messages that boys are forced to decipher from a very young age and often continue to wrestle with into adulthood and middle age. * Read the rest at www.eatingdisorder.org/blog * Written by Regis Aguglia, LCSW-C, Family Therapist at The Center for Eating Disorders a

#Repost @ced_sheppardpratt (@get_repost) ・・・ Today, June 2, is World Eating Disorders Action Day. ################# What actions will you take to spread information, access to treatment and hope? @worldeatingdisordersaction #9truths #WeDoAct2017 #WorldEatingDisordersDay #WeDoActTogether #LetsCheckIn