Definitions
How you see your body and how you feel about your body.
What is Body Image?
How does someone's body image impact their self-esteem?
How we feel about our body directly relates to the confidence that we have in ourselves. Someone with a negative body image is more likely to have a low self-esteem.
The 3 categories of eating disorders.
What are Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge-Eating Disorders?
3 things that can influence someone's body image
family, friends, the media, etc.
The confidence you have in yourself and your abilities
What is Self-Esteem?
How can negative body image impact someone's health?
More likely to diet, develop an eating disorder, feel sad/depressed, exercise to change rather than to have fun, etc.
When a person uses restriction, binging, purging or a starvation diet to maintain a low body weight.
What is Anorexia?
How can your friends or peers influence your body image?
Negatively - insults, pressuring you, etc.
Positively - Compliments, sense of belonging, etc.
When you accept yourself regardless of how you look. You feel comfortable in and value your body.
What is Positive Body Image?
How can positive body image impact someone's health?
Because they value their body more, they are more likely to take care of it. More likely to exercise for fun, eat healthy, be happier and more confident.
When someone alternates Binge-eating with Purging or Fasting
What is Bulimia?
How can the media negatively impact your body image?
-Photoshop/unrealistic size and shape of models
-Messages to become thinner, more muscular, a real man, a confident woman, etc.
Wanting to change your body, or being overly focused on your body shape, size or appearance.
What is Negative Body Image?
Why is it important to understand healthy and unhealthy body image behaviours?
So you can recognize them in yourself or others and get help if needed
When someone eats large amounts of food followed by emotional distress.
What is Binge-Eating?
How can the media positively impact your body image?
-Realistic and diverse models - no photoshop
-Messages that every body is good
What is Identity?
How are body image and identity related?
Many correct answers, two may be: How I dress is how I represent myself, it also makes me feel good about my body; OR, Someone does not like their body, so they change how they act, look, feel to fit into certain groups (their identity) or to change their body image.
A disorder where someone sees exaggerated physical flaws that are either minor or imaginary
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)?
How can your family influence your body image?
-Complimenting you on certain features (positive)
-Role modelling - more likely to have a negative body image if your parents are always talking about how they dislike their body.