However, extreme weight changes can have serious and long-lasting complications, as we’ll see in a few case examples below.
HAES therapy is vital to recovery in cases like this, and rehabilitating body image is central to that.īy presenting the sudden changes in weight some actors undergo for a role as something to be celebrated, it pushes the idea that extreme weight fluctuation and disordered eating behaviors are something to be emulated. In some cases of an eating disorder, such as severe anorexia nervosa, the desire to avoid weight gain is so extreme that the individual will consume as few as 100 calories a day, becoming emaciated to the point their body will cease to function. HAES teaches people to accept their body size and their weight, prioritizing nutritional balance, and health over trying to attain a certain kind of body. These kinds of bodies may be considered beautiful or sexy, but create an ideal that completely contradicts one of the central facets of eating disorder recovery: Healthy At Every Size (HAES). This impossible standard is normally, for women, slim and thin.
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So while a movie doesn’t offer the kind of peer-to-peer bullying or influence that social media does, it can still set a standard for what an “attractive” body should look like.
Whereas social media is a relatively new way for celebrities to reach audiences, and it has created a new kind of “fitness” and “beauty” celebrity, many of the beauty standards found on Instagram and Twitter already existed in Hollywood films, TV, and print. One of the many factors in a distorted body image is the message various forms of media send about beauty and attractiveness. This flawed self-perception then leads them to engage in disordered eating behaviors such as calorie restriction, binging and purging, or in the case of BED, dieting punctuated by binge eating episodes. Specifically, people with these disorders almost always think they are fat, even when they are severely underweight. One of the most common contributing factors to eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, or bulimia nervosa is a poor body image. However, the celebration of extreme weight loss or gain by celebrities can set an extremely dangerous example. It’s happened so often, for certain roles, it’s almost a requirement some actors have made it a central part of their role preparation.
They gain notoriety for the weight changes in most cases, with glowing reviews lauding their “dedication to the role,” and generating more Oscar buzz. This article contains descriptions of disordered eating behaviors which could be triggers for people with eating disorders.Įvery few years, going on for decades, an actor or actress will purposefully lose or gain a significant amount of weight for a role.
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