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Body Image

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You Look Good!

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Afraid of....

  • You Love Food & Can’t get away from it...... or
  • Your family is bigger set
  • Are you afraid of becoming this

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Afraid of.....

  • Are you afraid of becoming so overweight or obese that this might be an option......

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Body Image

  • Body Image: perception you have of your body’s appearance
  • Learn to accept your body
  • Why is it so hard to do this?

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The Media

  • The Media does not want you to feel good about yourself
  • Media does NOT portray realistic images
  • Video Clips

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Break Them Down

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Eating Disorders

  • Eating disorder: is harmful eating behaviors
  • People with an eating disorder have a poor body image of themselves
  • Examples of Eating disorders would be Anorexia & Bulimia

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Anorexia

  • A sense of control from not eating
  • Loss of hair, brittle nails
  • Self-Starvation

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Bulimia

  • Bulimia: disorder characterized by eating & eliminating large amounts of food
  • Purge: To eliminate food
  • Binge: Eating large amounts of food in a short period of time

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Bulimia Signs

  • Vomiting and using Laxatives
  • Sore mouth and tooth decay
  • Tend to be normal or slightly overweight

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Body Mass Index

  • BMI is Body Mass Index put in table
  • The healthy BMI Range is 19-24
  • Doesn’t Work all the Time

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Body Weight Indicators

  • Body Fat Percentage/Body Composition
  • Body Comp: Percent of fat tissue and lean tissue in the body
  • Waist Circumference

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Maintaining Weight

  • Skipping Breakfast will not help you control your weight
  • Starving is not a successful weight loss diet
  • The key to maintaining a healthy weight is combining a healthy diet with exercise
  • The best way to maintain your ideal weight is to balance the calories you eat with exercise

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Body Appreciation

  • Women Have Social Norms to be Thin
  • Men Have Social Norms to be Masculine
  • Ignore these Norms
  • Appreciate your Body for What it is

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Questions:

  • 1. Can we change some parts of our bodies?
  • 2. Have we really changed when we change these parts of our bodies? Are we better people?
  • 3. What parts of us can we not change? Does our inability to change some parts of our bodies mean we are unattractive? Why not?
  • 4. What is it about us that is attractive and that does not rest on our appearance?
  • 5. What things can teens do to feel better about their bodies?

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  • “We are all different. Some are tall, and some are short. Some are round, and some are thin. And almost everyone at some time or other wants to be something they are not! But as one adviser to teenage girls said: “You can’t live your life worrying that the world is staring at you. When you let people’s opinions make you self-conscious you give away your power… The key to feeling confident is to always listen to your inner self – (the REAL you.)” We should all be as fit as we can be. That means eating right and exercising and helping our bodies function at their optimum strength. We could probably all do better in that regard. But I speak here of optimum health; there is no universal optimum size.”

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  • “A woman wrote something to the effect that in her years of working with beautiful women she had seen several things they all had in common, and not one of them had anything to do with sizes and shapes. She said the loveliest women she had known had a glow of health, a warm personality, a love of learning, stability of character, and integrity.”

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Homework

  • Challenge: Enjoy Food, When you do this do you eat more slowly? Is meal time a better experience?
  • Homework: LETTER TO YOURSELF!!!