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Normal Eating, Positive Body Image and Self Esteem

Normal Eating, Positive Body Image and Self Esteem. Outline. What is healthy eating? What is disordered eating? Positive body image Healthy self esteem Media Where to go for more information. Healthy Eating. Your body decides What How much, and How often of eating. Normal Eating.

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Normal Eating, Positive Body Image and Self Esteem

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  1. Normal Eating, Positive Body Image and Self Esteem

  2. Outline What is healthy eating? What is disordered eating? Positive body image Healthy self esteem Media Where to go for more information

  3. Healthy Eating Your body decides • What • How much, and • How often of eating

  4. Normal Eating • Normal eating is the: • When • Where • Why of eating • Flexible and enjoyable • Making your own choices • Include your favourite foods

  5. Normal Eating Is… • Going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied • Eating foods you like and … • Not stopping because you think you should • Choosing nutritious and enjoyable foods

  6. Normal Eating Is… • Sometimes it’s okay to eat ‘just because’ • Eating three meals a day – four or five – or it can be choosing to munch along the way • Leaving some cookies on the plate for tomorrow or eating more now because they taste so wonderful!

  7. Normal Eating Is… • Feeling overfull sometimes • Under-eating sometimes • Trustingyourbody • Takes time and is enjoyable • Flexible – depends on : • your hunger • your schedule • your feelings

  8. Supporting Normal Eating • We are born to eat instinctively • If you change your eating habits, be gentle: • Drop the guilt • Eat slowly • Eat with others • Enjoy meal time!

  9. Do You Have a Healthy Relationship with Food?

  10. Disordered Eating • Unhealthy attitudes about your body: • Weight concerns • Poor body image • Unhealthy thoughts and behaviours: • skipping meals • chronic or crash dieting • excessive eating (binge eating or compulsive eating)

  11. Disordered Eating - Statistics • Females: • One in four teen girls have disordered eating • 53% of teen females with a healthy BMI try to lose weight • Males: • 25% of teen males are dieting • 20% want to loose weight

  12. Eating Disorders • Most eating disorders start with a diet

  13. Bulimia Nervosa • Binge eating = eating a large amount of food in a short amount of time • Then, getting rid of the calories by: • Purging (vomiting) and/or • Laxatives, diuretics • Excessive exercise

  14. Anorexia Nervosa • Obsessive fear of gaining weight • Refusal to eat enough to maintain weight • Often with a distorted self image • 5-8% mortality rate

  15. Other Eating Disorders • Examples: • A woman restricts her eating and is very underweight but still gets her menstrual period • She has an eating disorder, but it isn’t anorexia • Binge-eating disorder Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre

  16. What Can We Do About Disordered Eating? Practice normal eating…

  17. Books, Websites, Resources & Links My Food Guide • http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php BC Dairy Foundation • www.bcdairyfoundation.ca Michelle May, Founder of Am I Hungry? www.amihungry.com

  18. More Resources • HealthLinkBC Factsheet: Supporting Someone with a Eating Disorder • http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/kb/content/special/hw48146.html • Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre • http://keltyeatingdisorders.ca/ • Looking Glass - Provincial Online Support • www.looking_glass.meetsupport.com/register/ •  Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous 12 Step Program • www.anorexicsandbulimicsaba.org •  Overeaters Anonymous 12 Step Program www.oa.org

  19. Eating Disorders ProgramEating Disorder Program Talk with Dietitians and Counselors Anyone can call Group education and support Phone: 250-387-0000

  20. Fostering Healthy Body Image What does body image mean to you?

  21. Body Image • …the mental picture you have of your body and the feelings you have about that picture • Healthy body image: • Feeling "at home" in your body • Knowing how to take care of yourself • Feeling energetic • Able to do the things you want • Not trying to have the "perfect" body • Feeling good about yourself Peel Region Public Health peelregion.ca

  22. Body Dysmorphic Disorder • People who are obsessed with what they believe are defects in the way they look • They spend hours every day fixing, checking, hiding appearance ‘flaws’ • Interferes with happiness • Needs professional help

  23. Fostering Healthy Body Image • Be aware of what you are saying to yourself and to others • Hurtful comments can last a lifetime • Focus on health - not weight, not size

  24. Fostering Healthy Body Image • Respect yourself • Everyone grows and develops at a different rate • Healthy bodies come in all shapes and sizes • Puberty is a time of rapid growth and development • Your body is just one part of you • Recognize your strengths and celebrate your talents

  25. What do you say? • A friend asks you how to lose weight and get a flat tummy again. • What do you do?

  26. Enjoying the Occasional Treat • You brought cookies for the class and one student says to the another, “you shouldn’t eat that… it will make you fat.” • What do you do? • What do you say?

  27. Fostering Healthy Self Esteem What does self esteem mean to you?

  28. What is Self Esteem? • A person’s overall evaluation of his/her own worth • Includes beliefs • “I am competent”, “I am worthy” • Includes emotions, including: • Triumph • Despair • Pride • Shame

  29. What Influences Self Esteem? For many people, body image can be closely linked to self-esteem. • As kids develop into teens, they care more about how others see them • Early experiences • Outside influences • Puberty

  30. Activity • What is needed for a person to build a healthy self esteem and positive body image. • Consider: • Individual and peer factors • Family and cultural factors • Community and societal factors • What role do we play as: • Friends • Parents • Teachers • Community members

  31. Resiliency • People who believe in themselves : • are better able to recognize mistakes, learn from them and bounce back from disappointment • Skills can be fostered through: • Caring relationships

  32. Media Literacy What does media literacy mean to you?

  33. Media Literacy is… • Being able to analyze, evaluate, and create messages in different forms of media modes • Ask: • What do you watch? • What do you hear? • What do you read?

  34. We are Bombarded… with Messages

  35. Media Literacy - Education • Education addresses the negatives of mass media and popular : • Media violence • Gender and racial stereotypes • Sexualization of youth • Loss of privacy • Cyber bullying • Internet predators

  36. Media Literacy - Education • Goal: • To help you make good choices in your use of media

  37. Media Literacy: Tools and Resources • Fat Talk (3 min. 19 sec.) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CuMJybvAh8 • Dove Evolution (1 min. 15 sec.) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U • Dove Beauty Pressure (1 min. 15 sec.) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei6JvK0W60I&feature=related

  38. Final Thoughts… The purpose of eatingis to fuel living.  I have more time and energywhen I’m not consumed byfood, eating, and weight. Where will I invest my energy today? Michelle May, Am I Hungry? aihungry.com

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