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| WELCOME
to July, 2008 - 'NEWS OF HOPE'
WELCOME TO JULY NEWS OF
HOPE!
Summer is a time for bathing
suits, shorts, and baring our
bodies to the sun and scrutiny!
Living in California my entire
life, I'm well acquainted with
"getting the body ready for
the bikini" mentality!
Southern Californians live for
"fun in the sun" -
whether it's a trip to the
beach, a day at Disneyland or
snow-skiing in the local
mountains. It's a great place to
live (despite sometimes intense
overcrowding!). It also comes
with a tremendous amount of
"body image" issues
for many - both male and female.
However, with today's media,
it's now obvious that "body
image" issues are
EVERYWHERE. Females have been
seriously sexualized in the last
20 years to the point that tots
can be seductively dressed and
teen girls think nothing of
baring mid-driffs and cleavage
and dressing in alluring clothes
that make me wonder how boys
learn a thing in class today and
give me no wonder as to why we
have one of the highest teen
pregnancy rates of any
industialized nation!
And boys aren't safe either!
Every where you look, the
wash-board male belly and buff
body is glamorized. The stuff of
Chippendale dancers is everyday
chic today. And boys feel that
pressure as well.
I was very honored to speak at a
Body Image Conference for girls,
grades 6 thru 12, at Crow's Neck
Environmental Education and
Conference Center in Tishomingo,
Mississippi in June. It was a
wonderful gift of self-awareness
and self-esteem to girls at so
many levels.
The pictures below make it clear
that the girls (and I) were
having a great time!
This newsletter is chock full of
thought-provoking, informative
material to help you guide youth
through the jungle of body
misinformation, self-criticism
and self-esteem.
CONTENTS for July Newsletter:
. Childhood Obesity: How
America's Children Packed on the
Pounds
. Helping Your Overweight
Child
How Can I Help My Overweight
Child?
. Body Image: Men and Boys
Lack Treatment Options
. Young Girls and Body Image:
When Mothers Stop Being Role
Models
. BodyWorks: A Toolkit for
Healthy Girls and Strong Women
See
more info on Teen Eating Issues
in a past newsletter
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Childhood
Obesity: How
America's
Children Packed
on the Pounds
According to
Jeffrey Kluger
in his Time
Magazine
article, How
America's
Children Packed
on the Pounds,
June 12, 2008,
"The problem
is, all those
calories come at
a price. Humans,
like most
animals, are
hardwired not
just to eat but
to gorge, since
living in the
wild means never
knowing when the
next famine is
going to strike.
Best to load up
on calories
while you
can-even if
that famine
never comes."
"We're not
only programmed
to eat a lot,"
says Sharman Apt
Russell, author
of Hunger: An
Unnatural
History,
"but to prefer
foods that are
high in
calories."
"What's
more," Kluger
continues,
"the better we
got at producing
food, the easier
it became. If
you're a
settler, you eat
a lot of buffalo
in part because
you need a lot
of buffalo-at
least after
burning so many
calories hunting
and killing it.
But what happens
when eating
requires no
sweat and equity
at all, when the
grocery store is
always nearby
and always
full?"
As we all know,
what has
happened is the
fattening of
America,
including our
kids.
Kluger says that
in 1900 the
average weight
of a college-age
male in the U.S.
was 133 lb. (60
kg); the average
woman was 122
lb. (55 kg). By
2000, men had
plumped up to
166 lb. (75 kg)
and women to 144
lb. (65 kg) and
he asserts that
our eating
habits are
clearly
responsible for
this large
weight gain.
Yet, as he says,
"Over the past
20 years in
particular,
we've stuffed
ourselves like pâté
geese."
In 1985 there
were only eight
states in which
more than 10% of
the adult
population was
obese - though
the data
collection then
was admittedly
spottier than it
is now. By 2006,
there were no
states left in
which the
obesity rates
were that low,
and in 23 states
over 25% of the
population are
not obese and
about two-thirds
of all Americans
weigh more than
they should.
We all believed
that the quick
metabolism and
prodigious
growth spurts of
childhood would
accommodate
excessive
calorie intake.
Sadly, as Kluger
states, "Even
the most active
kids could not
hold out forever
against the
storm of food
coming at them
every day. In
1971 only 4% to
6-to-11-year-old-kids
were obese; by
2004, the figure
had leaped to
18.8%. In the
same period, the
number rose from
6.1% to 17.4% in
the
12-to-19-year-old
group, and from
5% to 13.9%
among kids ages
just 2 to 5.
If we all
include all
overweight
children Kluger
says that 32% of
all American
children are
obese-we are
heading into a
health crisis of
huge proportion.
We've all been
hearing that
obese boys and
girls are
starting to
develop the
illnesses
associated with
people in their
40s and beyond:
heart disease,
liver disease,
diabetes,
gallstones,
joint breakdown
and even brain
damage as fluid
accumulation
inside the skull
leads to
headaches, poor
performance in
school, vision
problems and
possibly lower
IQs.
Kluger's facts
are scary:
"A staggering
90% of
overweight kids
already have at
least one
avoidable risk
factor for heart
disease, such as
high cholesterol
or hypertension.
Type 2 diabetes
is now being
diagnosed in
teens as young
as 15. Health
experts warn
that the current
generation of
children may be
the first in
American history
to have a
shorter life
expectancy than
their parents'.
"The more
overweight you
are, the worse
all of these
things will be
for you,"
says acting U.S.
Surgeon General
Steven Galson.
"The more
overweight you
are, the worse
all of these
things will be
for you," says
acting U.S
Surgeon General
Steven Galson.
And, warns Randy
Seeley,
associate
director of the
Obesity Research
Center at the
University of
Cincinnati
Medical School,
the worse they
are likely to
stay: "When
you're talking
about morbidly
obese kids, zero
percent will
grow up to be
normal-weight
adults."
Kluger argues
that it's hardly
a secret how
American
children have
arrived at this
sickly pass.
"In the era of
the 64-oz. soda,
the
1,200-calorie
burger and the
700-calorie
Frappuccino,
food companies
now produce
enough each day
for every
American to
consume a
belt-popping
3,800 calories
per day, never
mind that even
an adult needs
only 2,350 to
survive. Not
only are adults
and kids alike
consuming far
more calories
than they can
possibly use,
but they're also
doing less and
less with them.
The
transformation
of American
homes into
high-def,
Web-enabled,
TiVo-equipped
entertainment
centers means
that children
who come home
after a largely
sedentary day at
a school desk
spend an average
of three more
sedentary hours
in front of some
kind of screen.
Schools have
contributed,
with shrinking
budgets causing
more and more of
them to slash
physical-education
programs. In
1991, only 42%
of high school
students
participated in
daily phys ed
- already a
troublingly low
figure. Today
that number is
25% or less."
According to an
article by
Elizabeth Cooney
in the Boston
Globe, June 19,
2008, only 15
percent of
children consume
the ideal
servings of
fruit and
vegetables and
three servings
of dairy each
day. Less than
half get the
recommended 60
minutes of
physical
activity per day
and 10 percent
say they do no
form of
exercise,
according to
Massachusetts
state surveys.
Despite these
statistics,
there are
flickers of
hope. In May,
epidemiologists
were thrilled
when the Journal
of the American
Medical
Association
published a
study of 8,165
children, which
showed that for
the first time
in decades, the
increase in U.S.
childhood
obesity had
leveled off. In
Massachusetts,
Restaurants were
asked to offer
half-portions
and drivers
crossing into
bike paths were
pulled over by
police.
Schoolchildren
squeezed oranges
and shucked corn
to learn about
fresh versus
processed food.
"Whether
this is
meaningful data,
we don't know
yet," says
Seeley.
"But anyone
who wants to
stick a flag in
this and declare
victory is just
crazy."
"If we got
this way over
the last 30
years,"
says Galson,
"it's not
going to take us
centuries to get
back. We could
reverse things
at the same
speed or even
faster."
Kluger writes,
"Americans
will continue to
love good food;
the trick will
be to learn to
love good health
even more."
From
"How
America's
Children Packed
on the
Pounds" by
Jeffrey Kluger
in TIME
Magazine, June
12, 2008
"Top
Health Official
Pledges Action
on Childhood
Obesity"
and Elizabeth
Cooney in the
Boston Globe,
June 19, 2008
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How
Can I
Help My
Overweight
Child?
From
the
Weight
Control
Information
Network
Involve
the
whole
family
in
building
healthy
eating
and
physical
activity
habits.
This
benefits
everyone
and does
not
single
out the
child
who is
overweight.
Do
not put
your
child on
a
weight-loss
diet
unless
your
health
care
provider
tells
you to.
If
children
do not
eat
enough,
they may
not grow
and
learn as
well as
they
should.
BE
SUPPORTIVE
-Tell
your
child
that he
or she
is
loved,
special,
and
important.
Children's
feelings
about
themselves
are
often
based on
how they
think
their
parents
feel
about
them.
-Accept
your
child at
any
weight.
Children
are more
likely
to
accept
and feel
good
about
themselves
when
their
parents
accept
them.
-Listen
to your
child's
concerns
about
his or
her
weight.
Overweight
children
probably
know
better
than
anyone
else
that
they
have a
weight
problem.
They
need
support,
understanding,
and
encouragement
from
parents.
ENCOURAGE
HEALTHY
EATING
HABITS
-Make
sure
your
child
eats
breakfast
every
day.
-Offer
your
child
water or
low-fat
milk
more
often
than
fruit
juice.
-Plan
healthy
meals
and eat
together
as a
family
-Try not
to use
food as
a reward
when
encouraging
kids to
eat.
ENCOURAGE
DAILY
PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY
-Set a
good
example.
If your
child
sees
that you
are
physically
active
and that
you have
fun
doing
it, he
or she
is more
likely
to be
active
throughout
life.
-Encourage
your
child to
join a
sports
team or
class,
such as
soccer,
dance,
basketball,
or
gymnastics
at
school
or at
your
local
community
or
recreation
center.
-Be
active
together
as a
family.
Assign
active
chores
such as
making
the
beds,
washing
the car,
or
vacuuming.
Plan
active
outings
such as
a trip
to the
zoo, a
family
bike
ride, or
a walk
through
a local
park.
DISCOURAGE
INACTIVE
PASTIMES
-Set
limits
on the
amount
of time
your
family
spends
watching
TV,
playing
video
games,
and
being on
the
computer.
-Encourage
your
child to
get up
and move
during
commercials
and
discourage
snacking
when the
TV is
on.
BE A
POSITIVE
ROLE
MODEL
-Children
are good
learners
and they
often
mimic
what
they
see.
Choose
healthy
foods
and
active
pastimes
for
yourself.
Your
children
will
learn to
follow
healthy
habits
that
last a
lifetime.
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Body
Image:
Men
and
Boys
Lack
Treatment
Options
A
report
in
The
American
Journal
of
Psychiatry,
the
first
general-population
study
on
men
with
eating
disorders,
found
that
2%
of
men
have
anorexia
or
bulimia,
compared
with
4.8%
of
women.
"Despite
the
eating
disorders
that
exist
among
men,
most
campus
efforts
to
reduce
eating
disorders
have
been
aimed
at
women:
Body-image
workshops
are
advertised
"for
women
only,"
and
advertisements
for
lectures
on
body
image
feature
an
array
of
female
silhouettes,"
says
Kimberly
Shearer
Palmer
of
the
USA
TODAY,
May
10,
2001.
According
to
Palmer,
this
focusing
of
campus
resources
on
one
gender
carries
over
to
other
social
issues,
such
as
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault.
Harassment
codes
often
make
it
easier
to
find
fault
with
men
than
with
women.
Violence-awareness
posters
assume
women
to
be
the
victims.
Eating
disorders
and
sexual
violence
undoubtedly
affect
the
genders
differently,
as
the
statistics
show:
Not
only
are
women
more
than
twice
as
likely
to
develop
anorexia
or
bulimia,
but
85%
of
domestic-violence
victims
are
women.
Yet
this
focus
on
women
as
victims
to
the
exclusion
of
men
has
a
negative
effect
in
that
men
may
not
be
getting
the
help
they
need.
Palmer
cites
statistics
from
the
Justice
Department's
National
Crime
Victimization
Survey
to
prove
her
point.
The
survey
reports
that
the
number
of
female
victims
declined
between
1993
and
1996,
whereas
the
number
of
male
victims
did
not
change.
Similarly,
Dr.
Katherine
Halmi,
professor
of
psychiatry
at
Cornell
Medical
College,
reports
a
significant
increase
in
the
past
decade
of
men
being
admitted
to
her
eating-disorder
program.
In
an
article
by
Elizabeth
Bernstein
of
the
Wall
Street
Journal
April
17,
2007,
even
amid
a
growing
understanding
of
the
incidence
of
eating
disorders
in
men
and
boys,
experts
say
there
is
a
dearth
of
treatment
options
for
male
patients.
Only
a
handful
of
residential
treatment
centers
have
programs
that
focus
on
men
and
boys.
Many
centers
are
reluctant
to
treat
men
at
all.
And
there
has
been
virtually
no
research
done
on
males
with
anorexia
or
bulimia.
Because
these
conditions
are
still
considered
female
problems,
even
the
criteria
for
identifying
eating
disorders
are
female-oriented.
The
diagnostic
guidelines
many
professionals
use
include
questions
about
menstruation
and
female
body
image.
There
are
efforts
to
change
these
guidelines
to
be
more
inclusive
of
men's
issues.
But
eating-disorder
experts
and
male
patients
say
the
current
lack
of
treatment
programs
has
a
profound
impact
on
the
chances
of
recovery.
Unlike
females,
males
have
a
variety
of
body
images
they
may
be
trying
to
obtain.
"Some
want
to
be
wiry
like
Mick
Jagger;
some
want
to
be
lean
like
David
Beckham,
and
some
want
to
be
really
buff
and
bulked,
like
Arnold
Schwarzenegger,"
says
psychiatrist
Arnold
Andersen,
director
of
the
eating-disorders
program
at
the
University
of
Iowa
in
Iowa
City.
The
stigma
of
having
an
eating
disorder
can
be
even
greater
for
males
than
for
females,
which
typically
makes
them
even
more
reluctant
to
seek
treatment.
"Society
sees
this
as
a
girl's
disease,"
says
Lynn
Grefe,
chief
executive
of
the
National
Eating
Disorders
Association,
a
Seattle-based
nonprofit.
"If
a
guy
suffers,
he's
embarrassed."
Some
distinctive
ways
men
may
manifest
eating
disorders
(from
the
Wall
Street
Journal):
--
Shape-oriented,
rather
than
weight-
oriented,
focusing
on
a
certain
body
type.
--
Unhappy
with
body
from
the
waist
up,
not
waist
down.
--
Dieting
for
specific
reasons,
such
as
athletic
performance
From
"Colleges
Start
to
Realize
Men
Need
Body
Image
Help,
too"
by
Kimberly
Shearer
Palmer,
USA
Today,
May
10,
2001
"Men,
Boys
Lack
Options
to
Treat
Eating
Disorders"
By
Elizabeth
Bernstein,
the
Wall
Street
Journal
April
17,
2007
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Young
Girls
and
Body
Image:
When
Mothers
Stop
Being
Role
Models
"Bling-Bling
Barbies
and
pouty-lipped
Bratz."
"Thongs
for
tweens,
and
makeover
parties
for
5-year-olds."
Do
these
shopping
trends
sound
familiar?
According
to
Judith
Warner
of
the
New
York
Times,
March
16,
2006,
the
past
couple
of
shopping
seasons
have
brought
a
constant
stream
of
media
stories
--
and
books
and
school
lectures
and
anguished
mom
conversations
--
all
decrying
the
increasingly
tarted-up
world
of
young
girls
and
preteens.
Now
the
American
Psychological
Association
has
weighed
in
as
well,
with
a
67-page
report
on
the
dangers
of
the
''sexualization''
of
girls.
The
report
by
the
APA
takes
aim
at
the
music
lyrics,
Internet
content,
video
games
and
clothing
that
are
now
being
marketed
to
younger
and
younger
kids,
and
correlates
their
smutty
content
with
a
number
of
risks
to
girls'
well-being.
It
finds
that
sexualization
--
turning
someone
into
''eye
candy''
--
is
linked
to
eating
disorders,
low
self-esteem
and
depression
in
girls
and
women.
Adopting
an
early
identity
as
a
''Hot
Tot''
also
has,
the
researchers
wrote,
''negative
consequences
on
girls'
ability
to
develop
healthy
sexuality.''
Warner
says
that
this
isn't
surprising,
or
even
new.
But
what
did
surprise
Warner
as
she
read
through
the
APA's
many
pages
of
recommendations
for
fighting
back,
such
as
beefed-up
athletics,
extracurriculars,
religion,
spirituality,
''media
literacy''
and
meditation,
was
the
degree
to
which
the
experts
--
who
in
an
earlier
section
of
the
report
acknowledge
the
toxicity
of
mother-daughter
''fat
talk''
--
let
moms
themselves
off
the
hook
as
agents
of
destruction
requiring
change.
We
all
tend
to
talk
a
good
game
now
on
things
like
body
image
and
sexual
empowerment.
We
buy
the
American
Girl
body
book,
''The
Care
and
Keeping
of
You,''
promote
a
''healthy''
diet
and
exercise,
and
wax
rhapsodic
about
team
sports.
But,
Warner
asks,
"Do
we
practice
what
we
preach?"
"Not
when
we
walk
around
the
house
sucking
in
our
stomachs
in
front
of
the
mirrors,"
she
says.
"Not
when
we
obsessively
regulate
the
contents
of
our
refrigerators
in
the
name
of
'purity.'
Our
girls
see
right
through
all
our
righteousness.
And
they
hear
the
hypocrisy,
too,
when
we
dish
out
all
kinds
of
pabulum
about
a
'positive
body
image,'
then
go
on
to
trash
our
own
thighs."
Rosalind
Wiseman,
author
of
the
Queen
Bee
books,
who
spends
much
of
her
time
touring
the
country,
lecturing
parents
and
listening
to
what
girls
have
to
say
reports
that
the
tweens
she
meets
beg
her
to
let
their
moms
know
they
see
through
them.
They
snigger,
too
--
in
communities
where
plastic
surgery
is
the
norm
--
at
''augmented''
moms
who
strut
their
stuff
in
spaghetti
straps
and
spandex.
A
group
of
12-year-olds
Wiseman
recently
met
told
her:
''Our
mothers
are
coming
to
school
thinking
they're
18
years
old.
We
feel
bad
for
these
women.
It's
embarrassing.''
Warner
suggests
that
maybe
it's
time
to
take
a
break
from
bashing
the
media
and
start
to
take
a
long,
hard
look
instead
at
the
issue
of
mothers'
sexuality,
which
is
enjoying
a
kind
of
rebirth
after
apparently,
a
long
and
well-documented
dormancy.
This
resurgence
of
sexuality
is
due
largely
in
part
to
things
like
pole
dancing
classes
and
sports
club
stripteases.
These
new
evening
antics
are
supposed
to
be
fabulous
because
they
give
sexless
moms
a
new
kind
of
erotic
identity.
"But,"
Warner
writes,
"what
a
disaster
they
really
are:
an
admission
that
we've
failed
utterly,
as
adult
women,
to
figure
out
what
it
means
to
look
and
feel
sexy
with
dignity.
We've
created
an
aesthetic
void.
Should
we
be
surprised
that
stores
like
Limited
Too
are
rushing
in
to
fill
it?
(Now
on
sale:
a
T-shirt
with
two
luscious
cherries
and
the
slogan
''Double
trouble.'')"
An
article
by
Kathleen
Parker
in
the
New
York
Daily
News,
June
30,
2008,
further
elucidates
the
trend
of
the
increasing
sexual
nature
of
clothing
aimed
at
young
girls:
"Edgy
4-year-olds
can
opt
for
T-shirts
that
say,
"Baby
Porn
Star"
or
"I
Faked
It."
Budding
tartlets
can
find
bustiers,
stilettos
and
"pleather"
pants
in
toy
stores,
as
well
as
itsy-bitsy
lingerie
sets
of
lacy
panties
and
bras.
Bratz
"bralettes"
-
bras
for
those
who
don't
need
them
-
come
in
30
different
styles,
including
padded
ones
for
girls
not
quite
ready
for
implants.
In
2003,
girls
ages
13
to
17
spent
more
than
$157
million
on
thong
underwear."
Parker
poses
an
interesting
question:
"Why
would
a
21st-century
mother
in
a
post-postfeminist
world
enable
the
marketing
of
her
daughter
as
a
sex
kitten?"
The
answer,
she
suggests,
lies
partly
in
simple
ignorance
of
lack
of
awareness.
"Dress-up
is
fun,"
she
writes,
"and
little
girls
in
grown-up
garb
are
adorable."
Warner
offers
one
approach
to
opposing
the
tot-trash
ethos:
"we
shouldn't
comfort
ourselves
with
''co-watching''
TV
or
throwing
out
the
Barbies,"
she
says.
"Instead,
we
ought
to
learn
to
find
comfort
inside
our
own
skins."
From
"Hot
Tots,
and
Moms
Hot
to
Trot
by
Judith
Warner,
the
New
York
Times,
March
16,
2007
"'Save
the
males':
Ho
culture
lights
fuses,
but
confuses"
by
Kathleen
Parker,
New
York
Daily
News,
June
30,
2008
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Additional
Information
on Body
Image
and Your
Kids
BodyWorks:
A
Toolkit
for
Healthy
Girls
and
Strong
Women
This
program
is used
by
trainers
to help
parents
serve as
role
models
for
their
children.
The
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provides
parents
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to
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and help
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through
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organizations,
state
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agencies,
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Child
This
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provides
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suggestions
that can
help
parents
provide
for
their
children's
physical
safety
and
emotional
well-being.
Girls
and Body
Image
This
fact
sheet
explains
the
influence
of the
media on
girls'
body
image,
the
influence
of
parents,
and what
you can
do to
positively
influence
your
daughter's
body
image.
Girlshealth.gov:
For
Parents
and
Caregivers
We have
created
the
girlshealth.gov
site to
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adolescent
girls
(ages
10-16)
learn
more
about
some of
the
unique
health
issues
and
social
situations
they
will
encounter
during
the teen
years.
The
Parent/Caregiver
section
provides
resources
and
links to
helpful
information
for you,
to help
you
prepare
to deal
with
some of
the
issues
your
girls
will
likely
face.
Helping
Your
Overweight
Child
This
publication
provides
information
on how
to be
supportive
and help
your
child
lose
weight
and
become
healthier
and more
active.
Binge
Eating
Disorder
This
publication
explains
to
parents
what
binge
eating
disorder
is, the
symptoms,
and what
complications
can
arise
because
of this
disorder.
Body
Image:
How
Parents
Can Help
(Copyright
Boston
Women's
Health
Book
Collective
This web
site
lists
tips to
keep in
mind for
parents
who want
to boost
their
daughters
body
image
and
promote
a
healthy
self-image.
Body
Image:
How
Parents
Can Help
(Copyright
Nemours
Foundation)
This
on-line
publication
written
for
parents
or
caregivers
explains
what the
warning
signs of
eating
disorders
are and
what you
should
do if
you
suspect
your
child
may have
an
eating
disorder.
Eating
Disorders
Prevention:
Parents
are Key
Players
(Copyright
ANRED)
This
on-line
publication
provides
guidelines
and
suggestions
for
parents
to help
create a
healthy
environment
for the
growth
of their
child's
self-esteem.
Healthy
Lifestyle
Tip
Sheets
(Copyright
NASW)
This
article
explains
how the
media
and the
family
can have
a big
impact
on a
child's
body
image.
It lists
ways
parents
can
foster a
healthy
body
image.
Report
of the
APA Task
Force on
the
Sexualization
of Girls
(Copyright
APA)
The
proliferation
of
sexualized
images
of girls
and
young
women in
advertising,
merchandising,
and
media is
harming
girls'
self-image
and
healthy
development.
This
report
explores
the
cognitive
and
emotional
consequences,
consequences
for
mental
and
physical
health,
and
impact
on
development
of a
healthy
sexual
self-image.
Ten
Things
Parents
Can Do
to
Prevent
Eating
Disorders
(Copyright
NEDA)
This
fact
sheet
lists
ten
things
parents
should
consider
about
the
effects
of
over-emphasizing
physical
beauty
and body
shape
with
their
children.
It also
lists
helpful
tips to
help you
educate
your
children
about
eating
disorders
and
teach
them to
accept
all body
shapes
and
sizes,
including
their
own.
Organziations
National
Mental
Health
Information
Center,
SAMHSA,
HHS
Anorexia
Nervosa
and
Related
Eating
Disorders,
Inc.
Just
Think
Foundation
Kids
Health
National
Eating
Disorders
Association
From
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