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Eating Disorders Assembly

This assembly resource is for Key Stage 3 and 4 teachers wanting to conduct an assembly on the issues surrounding eating disorders. Young people are forever being bombarded by images of celebrities and news stories in the media with headlines about image, size and appearance. This resource looks at the reasons why many young girls, and even boys, can develop eating disorders.

Using an appropriate song to initially get students thinking about the effects of eating disorders, the assembly script goes on to describe some specific eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia, and what can be done in order to prevent these illnesses from taking hold. Young women are constantly obsessed with how they look and what other people think of them, and it is a slippery slope once they decide they need to be skinnier or look a certain way. This teacher resource highlights how dangerous eating disorders could be, with specific facts to back the point up.

The assembly isn’t just for girls – boys can have eating disorders, too, and are less likely to talk about it or be discovered. Young males are also increasingly exposed to certain images and pressure to conform to certain body types, and can suffer equally as badly as females do. The assembly script explains to the pupils that a mixture of certain circumstances can lead to eating disorders, and the PowerPoint that is included in the resource offers key points and images to keep students engaged.

A list of places to help people suffering with eating disorders is included in the PowerPoint, and the assembly plan finishes with five facts about eating disorders. This assembly plan looks at the social stigma of body image and how it can affect individuals who feel under pressure to look a certain way.