Healthy%20Body%20and%20Self%20Image:%20Empowering%20your%20teen

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• Healthy Body and Self Image Empowering your teen

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Raise Your Hand If
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Facts and Statics

• 95 of people with eating disorders are between
  the ages of 12 and 25.
• Between 5 and 10 million women in the U.S.
  currently suffer from eating disorders.
• Gear magazine reports that 1 in 6 cases of eating
  disorders diagnosed are in men.
• Approximately 91 of women are unhappy with their
  bodies and resort to dieting to achieve their
  ideal body shape.
• Only 5 of women naturally possess the body type
  often portrayed by Americans in the media.
• (www.dosomething.org)

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The Progression
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Men and Body Image

• The rate of eating disorders among college men
  ranges from 4-10.
• The prevalence of binge eating is the same among
  men and women.
• Male body image concerns have dramatically
  increased over the past three decades from 15 to
  43 of men being dissatisfied with their bodies.
• Men are often more concerned with a combination
  of issues related to weight, body shape and
  strength.
• Men are less likely to seek help.
• (NEDA, 2012)

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Eating Disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Binge Eating Disorder/Compulsive overeating
• What are signs your teen might need help?

(Mazzeo Bulik, 2009)
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Media Messages
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Photoshop Disasters
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Whats the difference?

• Body Image
• The way someone perceives their body and assumes
  others perceive them.
• This image is often affected by family, friends,
  social pressure and the media.
• (dosomething.org)

• Self Image
• The idea, conception, or mental image one has of
  oneself.
• A number of self-impressions that have built up
  over time, they can be positive or negative
• (www.mtstcil.org)

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How can we empower our teens?

• Empowerment is a multi-dimensional social
  process that helps people gain control over their
  own lives. It is a process that fosters power in
  people, for use in their own lives, their
  communities, and in their society
• (Page Czuba, 1999)

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Challenge Fat Talk Free Week

• Fat Talk Free Week is an international, 5-day
  body activism campaign to draw attention to body
  image issues and the damaging impact of the 'thin
  ideal' on women and men in society.
• The Purpose
• Educate others about the damaging impact of
  pursuing the thin ideal and the use of fat talk
  on women of all ages
• Inspire change in the way we think and feel about
  our bodies
• Promote a healthy lifestyle and one that urges
  individuals to live a balanced life in mind, body
  spirit.

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Thin Ideal vs. Healthy Ideal

• Thin Ideal
• Implies that a certain look results in success,
  happiness, or confidence
• It negates so many qualities that truly define
  who we are
• Healthy Ideal
• This ideal come in all shapes and sizes and looks
  different for everyone.
• It is a way of life achieved in mind, body and
  spirit.
• It places emphasis on relationships, nutrition,
  exercise and self esteem to positively impact our
  body image and our confidence
• The Healthy Ideal doesnt include fat talk

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• When you change the conversation with yourself,
  you will change the conversation with others.

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Resources

• http//bi3d.tridelta.org/ourinitiatives/fattalkfre
  eweek
• http//www.abundancetapestry.com/self-love-series-
  101-loving-yourself-quotes/
• www.dosomething.org
• www.mtstcil.org
• https//www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/statistics
  -males-and-eating-disorders
• http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC271956
  1/
• http//eatingdisorderscoalition.org/documents/Talk
  ingpointsEatingDisordersFactSheetUpdated5-20-09.pd
  f
• http//www.joe.org/joe/1999october/comm1.php