A campus-wide social media campaign promoting a single ideal body type has been proposed as a strategy to improve student health by encouraging weight loss. Using concepts from the lesson, which evaluation best predicts an unintended negative consequence of this intervention?

• A. Focusing on a single ideal body type automatically eliminates all other risk factors such as genetics and psychiatric comorbidity and thus prevents onset of eating disorders entirely.
• B. Promoting one ideal body type universally reduces eating disorder risk because it eliminates confusion caused by multiple body standards and therefore leads to homogenous, healthier eating habits.
• C. The campaign will have no psychological effects because social media does not influence individual body image or behavior among college students, who are resilient to such messages.
• D. Emphasizing a single ideal body type may increase sociocultural pressures and body dissatisfaction, thereby raising risk for disordered eating and eating disorders among vulnerable students rather than improving overall health.

Answer: (D)