A new campaign against eating disorders has been launched in Germany, and the government is helping kick things off. The campaign was organized by Alice Schwarzer, founder of the German feminist magazine Emma.

"The government stance comes as data shows an alarming increase in eating disorders, particularly among girls and women in Germany, which some observers have connected with the promotion of the waif-like body ethic in certain sections of the media."

Schwarzer calls the obsession with ultra-thin a "mass psychosis of the West" and criticized Germany for being too slow to respond to the growing crisis.

Labels: media_influences, legislation, prevention

Posted By: Aspen Education Group