Statistics
Influences
What about our kids?
Eating Disorders
Boost the Image
100

On average, women have this many negative thoughts about their body each day. That is almost one for every waking hour.

What is 13?

100
The fashion industry influences the way we see ourselves. While 63% of girls surveyed state they realize the models seen in magazines are unrealistic, 50% state they strive to look like them. On average models weigh an average ___% less than the average American woman.
What is 23%?
100
The #1 wish for girls ages 11-17 is this.
What is to be thinner?
100
This is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents.
What is anorexia?
100
Doing this makes you feel strong, energized and it helps you to see your body as a whole....what it's capable of.
What is exercise?
200
Media plays a large influence on how we perceive our bodies. On average we view 400-600 of these every day, whether in magazines or on TV.
What are advertisements?
200
Your friends, peers and _____ can give messages about how you look. This can be positive or negative depending on how they feel about themselves or how they relate to you. And some of these messages can start at a very young age.
What is family?
200
81% of 10 year olds are afraid of this?
What is getting fat?
200
___% of people with eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.
What is 95%.
200
When we talk to our kids, don't comment on their ____; comment on their positive behaviors or talents.
What are looks?
300
91% of women are unhappy with their body. Only this percentage actually possess the body type portrayed in the media.
What is 5%.
300
Men, while also influenced by our culture's emphasis on thinness, are also increasingly preoccupied with being this (hint: strength training) due to pressure from mass media.
What is muscular?
300
Boys ages 11-17 want a physical look that can only be achieved through the dangerous use of this.
What are steroids?
300

The average American woman is 5'4" and weighs this.

What is 165 lbs?

300
Every time you have a negative one of these come into your head, immediately replace it with a positive one.
What is a thought?
400
80% of women who participated in a survey stated that images of women on TV and in the movies makes them feel more this.
What is insecure?
400
Women experiencing more stress, loneliness and boredom put down their looks more. Also, women who report to be in an unhappy this report more negative thoughts about their bodies.
What is relationship?
400
Boys are surrounded by media messages that encourage them to judge female peers based on this; viewing them with contempt and to expect sexual subservience from them.
What are their looks?
400
50% of teenage girls and 30% of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, vomiting, taking laxatives and this to control their weight.(Hint: it is best to quit)
What is smoking cigarettes?
400

When you talk to yourself about your body, ask yourself if you would say those words to this person. If the answer is no, you shouldn't be saying it to yourself. So treat yourself with the same respect!

What is your best friend?

500
Generally, females first exhibit a decline in self-esteem around the age of 12, or when they first enter this, largely due to changes in their body shape.
What is puberty?
500
A study of a popular magazine for teen girls found that 74 percent of all articles about fitness stated becoming this was a good reason to exercise; the articles did not recommend exercise as a way to become healthier, just a way to become _____.
What is more attractive/prettier?
500
Young girls are more afraid of this than they are of nuclear war, cancer or losing their parents.
What is becoming fat?
500
The most common behavior that leads to an eating disorder is dieting. Time Magazine reports that 80% of children have dieted by the time they reach this grade.
What is 4th grade?
500
If there are things about yourself you want to change, set a healthy, realistic this for yourself. Therefore, when you meet the challenge, that in itself will boost your self-esteem.
What is a goal?
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