Become an ANAD Internet and Media Guardian

source: http://www.anad.org/10501/22763.html

The ANAD Media and Internet guardians are people, including young people, worldwide, who volunteer to watch the Internet and media- and then contact ANAD about the negative body image or potentially dangerous eating disorders websites and advertising campaigns they discover.

Look for negative messages that:
-Promote eating disorders
-Glamorize thinness and dieting
-Discriminate against weight and shape
-Encourage unrealistic standards and body hatred
-Falsely advertise
-Try to lure young people into accepting the use of laxatives, diuretics, herbal products, and/ordiet supplements

Look for positive messages and role models that:
-Encourage a healthy body image
-Provide a realistic role model
-Promote a healthy lifestyle
-Support the ANAD pledge

For more information and to volunteer to be an ANAD Media and Internet guardian, please go to http://www.anad.org/10501/22763.html and fill out the form at the bottom of the page.