bipartisan measure of support for it, as never before that i ve seen, and the reason is because of the outrage you ve expressed, which i find everywhere i go. the revelations that not only did facebook and instagram promote these self-image problems, but they also profited from them. they knew, and they did nothing to curtail it. in fact, they gained more profit. willie, they re talking about, again, doing an app for even younger girls. yeah, instagram for kids. senator, good morning. not to belabor the point, but i think mika and joe are on the right question. as the father of a teenage girl who, so far we ve kept her off of instagram successfully, we think, what do you do we think. about the core of what instagram is? it s about posting photos of yourself. to have a 14, 15, 16-year-old girl look at that and say, gosh, my abs don t look like that. my teeth aren t that white. i don t have those clothes.
that points to what the treatment is, hospitalization, getting therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, there s 18 times greater risk of suicide with anorexia nervosa than of normal people in the same population so underlying depression, self-image problems, anxiety, substance abuse, get them out of a hospital and into a program. what kind of doctors? you should see endocrine and regulate the weight. endocrine, nutritionist, people that can what is aben endocrine? they look at hormonal changes, you need to see a psychiatrist, they need to manage but the biggest thing is what i think jamie is trying to get at, there is help out there. you can t be in denial. this national eating disorder association a number which i will post on my facebook you need to go and seek help, cognitive behavioral therapy and stop putting pressure on each other how thin we should look and on and on. seek help, absolutely important. especially for a loved one. we touched on this yesterday
growing up, we were starting to see the effects of what can happen with eating disorders and self-image problems. absolutely, gretchen. there s a big problem with eating disorders. all the clinics are full. more boys going in. women have always gone in. women going in in droves. it doesn t help when you see images of beauty in singular, prepubescent, not really what you see reflected in your every day life. when you see something a little more normalized, this kind of relaxes everybody. wow, i look like that, you know. you might and you might not, but at least it s not so far. exactly. the photo shopping takes it so far. i want to draw your attention to the vogue cover, fame of girls. she s known for being very real. then people found out, jezebel magazine found out some of these
writer. why did he do it? he has an adopted daughter from ethiopia and talked with john roberts this morning. that s what he said inspired him, right? trying to work with his daughter s hair and wanted to know why it was so different from the long, blond hair on the barbie doll. it s such a terrific story coming from a personal sense with joey. in fact, he says a lot of things he writes for sesame street has the basis in things he saw his daughter do and when his daughter looked at a doll and then her own hair, he was concerned about self image problems that she might have in the future. so, he together with somebody else from sesame street put together that song. here s the back story from joey. i noticed about when she was 4 he started to sort of have aroblem with her hair and want to have princess hair and straight hair and blond hair and i started to think, oh geez,