article_snippet: When I first heard that the 'fat' and 'ugly' feelings options were made available for people to select on Facebook, I was shocked and definitely felt compelled to work alongside Endangered Bodies to do something about it,' Australian Rebecca Guzelian told Daily Mail Australia.
article_snippet: Encouraging this kind of 'fat talk' is not okay – and that’s exactly what Facebook is doing by offering these words as options,' Ms Guzelian said.
article_snippet: This is particularly concerning when research demonstrates that Facebook use is already associated with increased risk of eating disorders, weight concern and anxiety,' she said. '
article_snippet: Feeling fat" was once
article_snippet: the language of clinical eating disorders and the language of clinical eating disorders is now normative in our society.
article_snippet: It is well documented that "fat talk", as using such terms is known, perpetuates body image issues and body shame rather than reduce it.
article_snippet: When someone says “I feel fat” what they’re
article_snippet: really communicating is that they feel unattractive, unhappy, embarrassed and insecure about they body.
article_snippet: And believe it or not, these feelings are most commonly a response to the unrealistic, culturally promoted ideals of thinness and beauty that are shoved in our faces every single day.'
article_snippet: Ms Guzelian, who works as a counsellor at The Butterfly Foundation, Australia's leading body supporting people who struggle with eating disorders and body image problems, said that young people are becoming increasingly obsessed with how young people look. '
article_snippet: because let’s face it, Facebook isn’t the place that '‘fat’ and ‘ugly’ are adjectives are all posting about the important reasons why '‘fat’ and ‘ugly’ are adjectives