Submitted by marisa jenkins, Mar 13, 2008 23:41

the media shows people that super skinny is beautiful and that is making many people think that they need to be super skinny to be beautiful. the media doesn't care that many poeple especially young girls and women are going to extremes to reach that super skinny image and are killing themselves to get there. i strongly think that all schools should have a nutrition class that should be required. schools should teach kids healthy eating habits and should teach kids about eating disorders and what long term and just general effects they have on the body. the schools should also have guest speakers come in to talk and the guest speakers should be people recovering from eating disorders, families who have lost loved ones to eating disorders and doctors to talk about what effect eating disorders have on your body. the doctor should bring in pictures of a healthy persons organs and insides and pictures of organs and insides from a person with eating disorders and compare them side by side to show just how unhealthy people with eating disorders are. the doctor should also bring in statistics on what percentage of people with eating disorders die and the long term effects eating disorders have on the body. i strongly think that this should be a class that should be taught in every jr. high and high school and i also strongly strongly believe that this would decrease the number of eating disorders in young teens and adults. this should be just as important as teaching sex education if schools started this class in jr. high because the sooner they are educated on the issue and are taught the correct and healthy way tp live they will less likely develop an eating disorder. this class should be required in 7th grade and also 10th grade and every one needs to be required to take this class weather they like it or not. kids need to be educated on this just as they are educated on safe sex and abstinence it just as important.

from a concerned 18 year old
Marisa Jenkins

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