What should we do?

In my OpEd I discuss the importance of self-acceptance and how we as a BYU community can help those who struggle with body image issues by the way we talk of ourselves/others and by realizing that finding self-acceptance is a real issue in our society.
Every day we pass by so many people unaware of their joys and/or struggles but we all have them. The reason helping other’s  find self-acceptance is so crucial is because when one is left in the dark of those negative thoughts their condition can go from having low self-esteem to possibly developing a serious illness. This sort of illness may include but is not limited to self-harm, drug abuse, eating disorders etc. You may think I may just be going to an extreme by concluding that having negative thoughts can cause you to have a huge problem such as the ones stated above but I’m not because I experienced having an eating disorder first-hand.
NEDA a National Eating Disorder Association has stated that “Eating disorders are real, complex, and devastating conditions that can have serious consequences for health, productivity, and relationships. They are not a fad, phase or lifestyle choice. Eating disorders are serious, potentially life-threatening conditions that affect a person’s emotional and physical health.”
The thing is although eating disorders are very serious our society can help prevent them. Some ways to do this is by the way we talk about ourselves. If you are constantly tearing your body down around others they might start doing the same thing. In addition, we as a community, who’s faith is centered around Christ and his example to love our neighbors should be focusing on exactly that- loving and accepting all men (and women). We should do our best to focus on the gift Heavenly Father has given us- to walk, run, smile, move our fingers etc. We should not define our worth by the way we look. Once we start to believe that being or looking a certain way will make us like-able we are not only shaming the bodies we’ve been given but we are allowing our minds to be of the world. We need to realize that the way media portrays beauty is not what Heavenly Father has taught us or wants us to believe. Prevention of thinking negatively about the way one is, is the key to finding acceptance within one’s self. We all have the power to help others, to make them feel like they are whole just the way they are.