Eating Disorders is a Global Problem of Modern Society

Nowadays, modern culture dictates the strict canons of the bodily norms distributed through a variety of mechanisms of social regulation. A special attention is given to the bodies of young women and a presence of eating disorders in public discourse, in connection with which the concern about the body, its size and shape, becomes normative and prescribed. Social media not only serves as a platform for broadcasting the ideals of bodily culture, but also open up opportunities for collective reflections, exchange of experience and the development of their own versions of bodily beauty among college students. The modern era is characterized by a passion for visual display of identity, which becomes a commodity in current socio-economic conditions (Dohnt & Tiggemann, 2006). Thus, body representation plays a special role in assessing an individual’s personal qualities, psychological and cognitive features, and serves as a starting point in recognizing an individual or excluding a girl from a social group, which may lead to eating disorders.Social Media and Eating Disorders Example