1. Body Image
“Mirror, Mirror”

2. Bellringer
Write “Teen Unit”

3. Discussion
What makes someone beautiful? What is the perfect body?

4. Body Image
Where do we get our perception of what the perfect body is?

5. Eating Disorders
8,000,000 people in the United States have diagnosed eating
disorders
90% of people diagnosed
with eating disorders are
women

6. More Statistics
10% of U.S. girls and women are suffering from eating disorders
50,000 will die as a direct result
Eating disorders and substance abuse have the highest mortality of all psychiatric disorders

7. What is body image?
the mental image of one's own body.

8. Origins of Body Image
We are not born with a body image. We learn it from family, peers, the press, movies, and television. Our culture reinforces only certain images.

9. Cosmetic Surgery
“Cosmetic surgery is the fastest growing medical specialty. Throughout the 1980’s as women gained power, unprecedented numbers of them sought out and submitted to the knife.”
Naomi Wolf
Men are beginning to enter into cosmetic surgery with the same desire as women to fit the cultural norm.

10. Body Image Is:
Mental
Physical
Emotional
Perceptive
Imaginative

11. Men’s Image Issues Glamorous “macho” figures: Tough Muscular
Competitive
Athletic

12. Media Influence Models Health and fashion magazine covers
Computer doctored photos
“Barbie” and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Music-video queens and kings
Movies, billboards, television

13. The Diet/Fitness Craze We are influenced through:
Diet foods
Diet commercials
Diet centers
Diet books
“abs” and workout videos
Health clubs
Body size talk
Fashion

14. The Media Influence
Billions are spent on cosmetics, new diets, and clothes
We are constantly trying to reshape and remake our bodies into the media image

15. Body Image Directly related to self-esteem
Developed through interactions with others
Reflects our mental picture of ourselves
Contains our thoughts, feelings, judgments, sensations, awareness and behavior

16. You Can Develop a Healthy Body Image
Listen to your body, and eat only when you are hungry.
Be realistic about the size you are likely to be based on your genetics and environment.

17. Developing a Healthy Body Image
3. Exercise regularly doing something you enjoy.
4. Expect normal weekly and monthly changes in weight and shape.
5. Be gentle with yourself – work toward self- acceptance and forgiveness.

18. Developing a Healthy Body Image
6. Ask for encouragement from friends and family when life is stressful.
7. Make some life decisions about what is most important to you and pursue them.

19. What You Can Do
Force yourself to look for your good points in the mirror
Decide which of the cultural pressures prevent you from feeling good about yourself
Exercise to feel good about yourself

20. Body Image Project
Create collage/picture on what you think is the perfect body.
Must include at least 10 pictures/words.
Must describe why you choose each word.