young people increasingly affected by eating disorders

Bodies without an ounce of fat, or competitions organized on tikTOK with the objective of showing the smallest size possible. These playful contents lead more and more young people to be obsessed by their appearance. The CHU of Bordeaux (Gironde) has just created a service specially dedicated to these disorders.

11 young girls are hospitalized for anorexia. After four years of eating disorders, a 19-year-old patient had to be admitted for the second time. Social networks have led to his relapse. “I followed a lot of models, sports accounts, meal examples (…). I say that it’s my fault if I can’t get this body there”, she advances.

40% increase in requests at the Bordeaux University Hospital

From confinement, requests increased by 40% in the Girondin hospital. The consequences are many dietary deficiencies. During a workshop, patients learn how to compose balanced menus and de-demonize certain foods. “It makes me happy to eat dark chocolate, but I had totally left it out (…). It’s not a choice, it’s a disease”, notes one of them.

Marine Gohier is a former anorexic. To change the look, especially on female bodies, she draws them in all their diversity and shares them on social networks. “It is important to normalize”she says.

Eating disorders affect one million people in France.