Body shaming as the name suggests, is shaming someone for their body shape or body type.
People have a definite notion of “beauty” which defines standards of skin colour, body dimensions, hair length, or the kind of clothes someone should or should not wear. . People are always too thin, too fat, too tall, too short, too dark, or too fair for the society, and it has repercussions that are not even realised in everyday life. Body shaming affects mental and physical health in surprising ways- both for the person who is body shaming and the one who is being body shamed.
Body-shamers do not spare anyone- be it celebrities or normal people. ‘Shikha Talsania’, the Veere di Wedding and Wake Up Sid fame actress has been fat-shamed on Instagram time and again. Hollywood celebrities like ‘Selena Gomez’ also underwent the wrath of body shaming on social media.
BODY SHAMING CAN LEADS TO MENTAL ISSUES AND EATING DISORDERS.
If body shaming is too frequent or has more impact due to any reasons, it may also lead to anxiety, depression, and social isolation. People with anxiety tend to overthink everything, and when it comes to remarks about their bodies, it is no different.
Body shaming has been reported to lead to eating disorders like anorexia where a person starves themselves obsessively to lose weight if they are too fat, or bulimia, the opposite, where a person eats obsessively to gain weight if they are too skinny. Anorexia can lead to dehydration, constipation, undernourishment, bloating, and even irregular menstrual cycles. Bulimia is also reported to lead to similar effects.
Staying fit and healthy is one thing, but trying to fit into standards of other people that are defined by unreal parameters can lead to an even unhealthier life and body - physically, mentally, and socially.
Source- Google.