Shares the true-to-life stories of teen and preteen girls who are struggling with issues involving disabilities, body image, and self-control, each with comments and advice from Dr. Robyn Silverman.
Discusses the problems with body image, the reasons why some people have a poor body image, and how self-perception and self-acceptance are affected by society.
Pamela is unhappy with her larger-than-average feet, until she realizes what an advantage they give her in playing youth soccer and other sports and games.
Offers young women candid information and advice on a variety of body-related issues, including skin problems, concerns about breasts and genitalia, hair, nails, body image, and more.
the cult of thinness and the commercialization of identity
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Janice
1997
Explores why women feel the way they do about their minds and bodies, specifically highlighting the notions that thinness is beauty and that a woman's body is more important than her mind.
Too Fat? Too Thin? is a handbook that presents helpful and easy-to-follow text to help young readers understand their healthy, natural body shape and their correct body weight.