SELF ESTEEM

AND
BODY ESTEEM
“I’m too tall.”
“I’m too short.”
Does any “I’m too skinny.”
of this “If only I were shorter/
sound taller had curly/straight
familiar?
hair/ a smaller
nose/longer legs, Id be
happy”.
 YES
ARE YOU
PUTTING NO
YOURSELF
DOWN? SOMETIMES
ALWAYS
 Is all about how
much you feel
worth – and how
SELF - much you feel
ESTEEM
other people
value you.
 It is important
because feeling
good about
yourself can
SELF - affect your
ESTEEM
mental health
and how you
behave.
 Is how you view
your physical self
– including
whether you feel
BODY you are
IMAGE
attractive and
whether others
like your looks.
WHAT INFLUENCES
PERSONS SELF
ESTEEM?
1. Puberty and
Development
2. Media Images
and Other Outside
Influences
3. Families and
School
COMMON EATING
DISORDERS
 People with
anorexia have a
real fear of
weight gain and
ANOREXIA
distorted view of
their body size
and shape.
 They eat very
little and can
become
dangerously
ANOREXIA underweight.
Dieting, fasting,
or excessive
exercise.
 With bulimia, people
might binge eat (eat
to excess) and then
try to compensate in
BULIMIA extreme ways, such
as making
themselves throw up
or exercising all the
time.
 They eat a large
amount of food at
once usually in
secret. Sometimes
BULIMIA they eat food that is
not cooked or might
be still frozen, or
retrieve food from
the trash.