About to take a graduation photo, Chen Xiao, a student at Zhejiang Media College, began to get anxious. The reason is that during the preparation for the examination and research last year, the sedentary period of time led to an increase in the extra flesh of the thighs, and now it is obvious that the thighs are thicker, affecting the appearance. So, she started exercising a few weeks ago, and signed up for slimming leg training, hoping to get back to her former self as soon as possible and get rid of body anxiety.
There are not a few college students who are similar to Chen Xiao's situation and are worried about their figure, especially as the weather turns hot and the clothes are getting less and less dressed, this problem is even more prominent. Recently, the China Youth Network Campus News Agency for the "college student body satisfaction" topic, for the country 7955 college students to carry out a questionnaire survey, the results show that nearly 50% of college students are not satisfied with the current body, more than 60% of them have body anxiety, thick legs, too fat system of the main concern, affecting the visual aesthetics into the main cause of body anxiety, super eight has become a body shape has made changes, nearly 80% believe that insisting on exercise can alleviate body anxiety.
Scale chart of college students' body satisfaction. China Youth Network reporter Li Huaxi cartographed
If you score your body, Dong Wenwen, a student at Hulunbuir Vocational and Technical College, gives herself a score of 70. The reason is that the height is a little short, and there is a bit more meat on the legs. Summer had arrived, and she couldn't wear a small skirt because of her thick legs, which made her very sad. In order to achieve a satisfactory figure, Dong Wenwen recently began to reduce her food intake and strive to slim down her legs before the Dragon Boat Festival.
According to the survey, 46.04% of college students are not satisfied with their body, of which 39.25% are dissatisfied, 6.79% are very dissatisfied, and 53.96% of college students are satisfied with their body, of which 41.73% are relatively satisfied and 12.23% are very satisfied. In addition, 62.25% of college students believe that they have had body anxiety.
Yang Si, a student at Changsha Medical College, was not satisfied with his body shape, and he admitted that he had some body anxiety. After going to college, due to problems such as his inability to control his mouth and unbalanced diet, his weight has increased rapidly, and he has now reached a state of obesity. Youngs said that the body anxiety of his classmates and friends around him is also more obvious, with different degrees of obesity, thick legs, small stomach, etc., and he also feels that he is less stressed in such an environment, "I think if the surrounding figure is better, the anxiety will be more serious." ”
Have college students ever had a scale chart of body anxiety. China Youth Network reporter Li Huaxi cartographed
Thick legs and excessive fatness have become the main concerns of body anxiety, and the visual aesthetic has become the main cause of body anxiety
More than 60% of college students have body anxiety, so what is the main embodiment of anxiety? Why? According to a survey by a reporter from China Youth Network, thick legs, overweight, and small belly have become the main embodiment of college students' body anxiety, accounting for 27.86%, 25.03%, and 25% respectively; affecting visual aesthetics, exceeding the expected range, and strict requirements for themselves have become the main reasons for body anxiety, accounting for 29.23%, 21.19%, and 19.84% respectively.
"I usually lack exercise, so I am obese." Yang Xian, a student at Dalian Nationalities University, said he was anxious because of his excessive body weight. He said he grew up a little fat until he gained weight rapidly in recent years, especially after going to college. Now even some inferiority to the external image, more anxiety about physical health, "I am too lazy to exercise now, so some fatty liver, chronic diseases have also kept up, which makes me more anxious." 」 ”
Ai Hu, a student at Henan Agricultural University, is very dissatisfied with his figure, mainly because of his short height, coupled with his light weight and thin body, which affects his visual aesthetics to a certain extent. Growing up, the effects of height and thinness made him very anxious, coupled with the usual lack of exercise, he suffered from gastrointestinal diseases. Ai Hu admitted that he was more envious of tall, muscular boys, "I think that kind of body is perfect, but I can't do it." ”
Scale chart of the main causes of body anxiety in college students. China Youth Network reporter Li Huaxi cartographed
Super eight have made changes to their figure, and nearly 80% believe that sticking to exercise can alleviate body anxiety
Every time after taking a bath, looking at his figure in the mirror, Chen Mian, a student of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, always felt a little dissatisfied. Because of the lack of exercise at home caused his stomach to bulge a little, until now the weather is getting hot and the clothes are thin, and the small belly is more obvious. This made Chen Mian feel that it had affected his own beauty, and even a little anxiety. To this end, Chen Mian felt that he had to make a change, starting exercise a month ago, and slimming his stomach by running at night and going back to the bedroom to do curly exercises. "At present, the effect is still very good, I will stick to it and alleviate my body anxiety through exercise."
Through the investigation, the reporter found that there are not a few college students who have body anxiety like Chen Mian and make changes through exercise. The data shows that 85.82% of college students will make changes for their body shape, 68.1% will make changes through exercise to lose weight, followed by making plans, diets and gym exercises, accounting for 60.47%, 33.79%, and 24.25% respectively. For how to alleviate the problem of body anxiety, 78.01% of college students believe that they should adhere to exercise, followed by reasonable diet, adequate sleep and adjustment of mentality, accounting for 74.33%, 64.75%, and 63.82% respectively.
"I've lost a little weight now, but I'm still going to have a lot of dissatisfaction, and the more dissatisfied I get, the more anxious I am." Zhang Yanbing, a student of Huazhong Agricultural University, just entered school because of "eating haisai" and gained more than a dozen pounds, and was very anxious at the time, and lost weight after a year of exercise. And this year she has new requirements for her own figure, the legs are a little thick, the figure is still a little fat, wearing a skirt is not good-looking, affecting the beauty. In order to achieve freedom of dressing, she recently began to lose weight through appropriate exercise, quit milk tea snacks, and usually eat healthy foods, etc. "I hope to lose weight through exercise, which is indeed a good way to be scientific and healthy." ”
College students think of methods of relieving anxiety on a scale chart. China Youth Network reporter Li Huaxi cartographed
College teachers suggest: Guide college students to establish the correct body aesthetics
Xia Yusheng, a teacher at Nanchang Institute of Technology, believes that the appropriate pursuit of beauty by college students is acceptable, and a certain degree of body anxiety is beyond reproach and is a normal phenomenon. He suggested that college students should adjust their perception of beauty and correctly understand beauty. "Insisting on exercise can alleviate the body problem, but when choosing exercise time and exercise intensity, you must do what you can, and you can choose more interesting sports in the choice of sports, through communication and communication, you can further alleviate the psychological pressure brought about by body anxiety." He said that the most important thing about people's charm is not the source of body beauty, "belly with poetry and bookish self-glory" should be the lofty pursuit of college students' ideals.
"Nowadays, the quality of the body has become a factor in the love and dating of college students and the development of employment, so some students are also busy with fitness, muscle gain, shaping, and fat loss." The pursuit of a good body is no problem, but 'more than 60% of college students have body anxiety' This deserves our attention. Li Wangze, a counselor at the School of Materials Science and Technology of North China University of Science and Technology, believes that body anxiety as a psychological problem is becoming a psychological and behavioral problem that deserves attention and needs to be corrected. First of all, to guide college students to establish a correct body aesthetics, body aesthetics should vary from person to person, individual figures have their own uniqueness, healthy body aesthetics should be more diverse; secondly, to strengthen the psychological cognitive ability of college students, improve mental health, so that college students are full of sunshine, accept themselves, be confident not inferior, away from body anxiety; finally, to guide college students to carry out moderate physical exercise, healthy physical exercise can promote physical health and mental health, alleviate and release body anxiety. "Here to remind students, the body is more important than the body, do not over-diet, excessive exercise for the sake of the body, to eat well, to ensure the nutrition of the body." (At the request of the interviewees, Chen Xiao, Dong Wenwen, Yang Si, Yang Xian, Ai Hu, and Chen Mian are pseudonyms)
Source: China Youth Network