2. Welcome to LEAD
LEAD: Who were are & what we do
Today’s Topic: Body Image and your Child
www.leadingefforts.org
c. 2014 LEAD
3. What has the Biggest Impact on
our Perceptions of Body Image?
Friends &
Family
Media
◦ $250B/year
industry
◦ Media sets the
stage for what is
acceptable body
image
◦ 3,000 ads are
seen by people
daily
◦ A model’s body
type makes up
approximately
5% of the female
population
Factors Influencing Girls Body Image
25%
28%
14%
17%
c. 2014 LEAD
70%
54%
47%
33%
25%
19%
7%
3%
5%
6%
8%
12%
Nothing
Other
Race/Ethnicity
After school program…
Your religious beliefs
Your culture
Doctor/Health Professional
Adults at school
Significant others
Enemies (bullies)
Entertainment (Music,…
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Health (School)
Media (TV, Print, Internet)
Fashion
Family
Friends
4. Overview
of Beauty
Standard
How do you think your child
would define the word
Beautiful?
• Thinness (men and
women)
• Youth
• Tallness
• Muscular
• “Smooth & Straight”
c. 2014 LEAD
8. Achieving a Positive Body
Image
• Ages 0-3
• Ages 4-8
• Ages 9-
12
• Teens
Less Risky
Behavior
Positive Body
Image
Higher Self
Confidence
c. 2014 LEAD
9. Ages 0-3
c. 2014 LEAD
• Be kind to yourself
• Image proof
your home
10. Ages 4-8
c. 2014 LEAD
People Watch
Emphasize Actions
Be aware of toys
Share stories of
“Everyday Heroes”
◦ Highlight
accomplishments of
Friends and Family
11. Ages 9-12
Puberty, Diets & Positivity
• Health, Not Weight
• Healthy Foods, 24/7
• Actions, Actions,
Actions
• Make it Personal
c. 2014 LEAD
12. Teens
Know friends and
friends’ families
Create a Village
Advice &
responsibility
c. 2014 LEAD
13. What about the Boys?
Young men on TV and the
characters they portray
Muscular vs. thin
◦ Rise in eating disorders
Active Communication
c. 2014 LEAD
14. Help your Child be Successful
Find out something that your child
loves & then ENCOURAGE them!
1. Increased self confidence
2. Support
3. Responsibility
4. Contribution
c. 2014 LEAD
15. Listen to your Family
members
• Comments
• Your Role
c. 2014 LEAD
16. Eating Disorders
Physical Signs of an
eating disorder:
1. Rapid weight gain
or loss
2. Insomnia or
excessive
sleeping
3. Hair loss
4. Loss of menstrual
cycle
5. Chronic sore
throat
Psychological Signs
of an Eating
Disorder:
1. Develops an
obsession with
food
2. Never happy with
appearance
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3. Excessive
17. We’re seeing some changes…
Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
c. 2014 LEAD
18. Celebrities are Speaking Out
“I don’t look
like that and I
don’t desire to
look like that.”
-Kate Winslet
c. 2014 LEAD
A prevention organization based in Lake Forest that fosters healthy lifesyles. We do programming on drug and alcohol treatment
Number one influencer is friends, then family, then fashion & the media.
Current beauty standards are now more inclusive of various races and skin colors than every before.
Youth: 93% of women said pressure to look younger is greater than ever
Thinness: 97% & 86% of women and men respectively would like to be thinner
Tallness
Muscular
Some images are photoshopped over 20 times. With different heads being put on different bodies. Usually, the image that you see is a made up woman, made of all different parts of different models and completely unattainable to the everyday woman.
This image ran on a 2009 cover of Self. Kelly Clarskson proclaimed when she saw it that she did not even recognize herself.
53% of 13 year old girls are unhappy with their body
78% of 18 year old girls are unhappy with their body
The number one wish of 11-17 year old girls is to lose weight.
Hedi Slimane, Paris Desinger, Razor-Thin Suit. Rock star look with ultra skinny male models
Some images are photoshopped over 20 times. With different heads being put on different bodies. Usually, the image that you see is a made up woman, made of all different parts of different models and completely unattainable to the everyday woman.
This image ran on a 2009 cover of Self. Kelly Clarskson proclaimed when she saw it that she did not even recognize herself.
Council of Fashion Designers of America: Vogue Editors 6 point Agreement
Body Peace Treaty - Seventeen
Cricket Magazine
Call, email and write letters when you see something that you don’t like.