Understanding Body Image  

Much more to come!!

Our Questions

1.  What is body image and how is it (or is it?) the same as or related to self image?
2.  What does it mean to have good body image?
3.  How do you improve body image?
4.  Why is (is it?) important to have good body image?
5.  What types of things cause poor body image?
 

  
Body Image Links  
Below is an annotated collection of links to sites all over the Internet that attempt to define body image.  Not all of these sites are necessarily good, so read with caution and a critical eye.

Body Positive--A site promoting a psychotherapist's approach to body image. (There are some interesting activism links here.)

Ten Steps to Positive Body Image--From the National Eating Disorders Homepage.

Body Image Tips--From freedieting.com.  (Careful with this one!)

Does Your Daughter Have a Positive Body Image?--An article discussing warning signs that young girls might be having trouble with their body image.

Having a Positive Body Image--An article directed towards young people from The Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.

 

  
Quotes about body image taken from these sites:

"Body Positive explores taking up occupancy inside your own skin, rather than living above the chin until you're thin."

"When you feel good about yourself and who you are, you carry yourself with a sense of confidence, self-acceptance, and openness that makes you beautiful regardless of whether you physically look like a supermodel. Beauty is a state of mind, not a state of your body." (Ten Steps)

"Appreciate all that your body can do. Every day your body carries you closer to your dreams. Celebrate all of the amazing things your body does for you --running, dancing, breathing, laughing, dreaming, etc." (Ten Steps)

"Your body image is how you feel about your body." (Having a Positive Body Image)