body image

Teens who struggle with poor body image are at risk for developing low self-esteem, depression, and eating disorders. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full color illustrations this title examines What Issues Do Teens Have With Their Bodies? What Contributes to Poor Body Image? What Are the Consequences of Poor Body Image? How Can Teens Improve Their Body Image.

" ... twenty-five contributors--including musician Alanis Morissette, celebrity yoga instructor Seane Corn, and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Sara Gottfried--discuss how yoga and body image intersect ... Offering unique perspectives on yoga and how it has shaped their lives, the writers provide tips for using yoga to find self-empowerment and improved body image ... "--OCLC.

"[Diane] Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete, talks candidly about her long and agonizing personal struggle with eating disorders and obsessive exercising, fearlessly confronting her own painful past as she attempt to come to terms with American culture's unhealthy fixation on self-destructive ideals of beauty and competitiveness. The film lends context to Israel's personal odyssey with fascinating insights from athletes, bodybuilders, fashion models, and inner-city teens, as well as prominent cultural critics and authors"--Container.

"You'll learn about current trends in the makeover industry and the promises and risks that come with them. You'll also explore why we as a culture are so beauty-obsessed. Finally, you'll learn about the many options available that can help change the way you feel about yourself and others, not simply the way you look!" -supplied by publisher.

Ever since her grandmother taught her how to sew clothes, Thea Roberts has loved to make her own clothes. In fact, her designs are turning heads--notably, billionaire Harmon Holt's. Every year it has been Holt's practice to take one student from his former high school and set him or her up with a lucrative, paid internship in one of the many companies he owns. This year he chooses Thea, whose designs soon begin appearing on fashion models. However, now that Thea is becoming rich, she worries that she will lose who she is.

It's been one student's dream to work in fashion, but her internship with a trendy LA clothing company leaves her with reservations about how models are treated and how fashion affects body images.

A collection of fifteen short stories about the relationship between a teenage girl and her mother.

Examines the social pressures faced by teens in regard to body image, looking at how photographs that appear in magazines are often altered, and including discussions with a former football player who achieved success without steroids, as well as a model who developed an eating disorder.

Rhymed text and illustrations enumerate the physical features that make a person unique.

A teenaged girl bullied for her port-wine stain must summon her personal strength to survive abduction and horrific abuse at the hands of a deranged killer.