“More than 84 % of children’s films represent negative stereotypes associated with characters with overweight or obesity,” said the country. The Spanish newspaper investigated child consumption linked to the new viral challenge of “The princess diet.”
In the report he referred as the cinema, oriented to the female child public, he uses his modeling bodies in the characters to inspire the spectators to a diet that brings them closer to being princesses, to be flattered by their beauty and, indirectly, tell them that thinness makes them protagonists, loved and decent of success.
“On the other hand, Disney’s villains are fat, like Úrsula or the queen of hearts, and with characteristics in their way of being not so desirable: they are authoritarian, capricious. The villains are usually more weight and represent morally negative behaviors, ”said Spanish reporter Azahara Nieto of the welfare supplement of the Iberian newspaper.
In a study, where 31 children’s films were analyzed, it was found that in more than 84 % of them, negative stereotypes associated with overweight or obesity characters were represented: associated with laziness, little intelligence or negative features in general. These patterns not only want to discipline the body, but continue to reinforce the stereotypes and stigma associated with weight.
According to those described, “the princess diet” consists of diets that do not suppose an intake of more than 600 kcal. “A ridiculous amount of calories in girls who are in full growth. But their development and health are not sought: thinness is sought. So stating that they are feed on 600 kcal can be seen until generous on their part,” said the medium and added: “Snow White, For example, just eat five apples a day. A clean, beautiful, perfect and very associated fruit to satiety, with a lot of literature in eating disorders. Ariel, As he lives in the sea, he makes total fasting. It can only drink water. Very considered for its part; Thus the girls do not dehydrate, ”they explained.
On the Tiktok platform, the diet promises to lose ten kilos in two weeks and spread at the speed of light. This social network promotes weight loss strategies and forums such as old PRO-ANA AND PRO-MIA: communities, tricks and dangerous strategies, typical of anorexia and bulimia.
The effects caused by this type of diet in girls are very broad and serious. Due to the low caloric intake, they cause fatigue, dizziness, irritability, loss of muscle mass, hair loss, digestive problems and delay in pubertal development. In addition, in adolescents, it can cause the lack of the period if the restriction is prolonged, causing amenorrhea and hormonal problems derived from the low caloric intake and the stress to which it is subjected to the body.
In both cases, both in girls and in adolescents, can detonate or reinforce complicated behaviors with food, sport and their body image. They are clearly a risk for the development of eating disorders. They suppose a pressure on girls and adolescents about their physical appearance.
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