All of the girls at Blazer High School in Ashland, Kentucky were given permission to attend a presentation on eating disorders where Shannon Cutts shared her story of recovery.

"'I thought I was the only one. I thought I was born flawed,' said Shannon Cutts of Houston, Texas, who fought eating disorders for 14 years before recovering and launching a career as a singer-songwriter and motivational speaker."

Shannon tells of the cultural conditioning and media portrayals of beauty that reinforce negative body images, and cause girls as young as 4th graders to feel as though they're overweight. Read more at DailyDependent.com.

Labels: media_influences, body image, recovery

Posted By: Aspen Education Group