body image

Examines what the author perceives is misinformation by the media concerning obesity in America and challenges conventional thought concerning weight issues.

Presents contemporary perspectives on the culture of beauty, reflecting stances of countries other than the United States. Includes a variety of primary sources, a world map, bibliography and subject index.

Describes body-image issues and disorders that impact girls of all ages. Also provides the tools to make choices to develop a healthy body image.

Explores body image issues for teenage boys, and looks at ways to maintain a healthy one.

During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth decide to improve themselves through exercise.

Presents a twenty-four step plan designed to help teens learn to accept and appreciate themselves and their bodies in spite of the pressures of society, peers, and family, and includes anecdotes and poems written by teenagers that illustrate each point.

Explores negative body image, describing what it is; what causes it; its physiological and psychological effects; and how to overcome it. Includes a glossary and lists of further reading and resources.

Encourages children to recognize different forms of beauty in various individuals and to see what is beautiful about themselves in the attached mirror.

The authors candidly discuss their own weight struggles and the unhealthy eating habits they share with much of the population of the United States, maintaining that the only way to overcome this problem as a culture is to break through the walls of silence and shame we have built around the issues of obesity and food obsessions.