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Body Image & Normal

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Eating Virtual Group

Body Image & Normal Eating 

Virtual Group
Activity – guess the
celebrity
 Body Image & Normal
Eating Virtual Group
Session 1 – Introduction to Body Image

Go onto Menti.com and type in the code: 8449 1651

OR: https://www.menti.com/rhw7sxfxcu

What are your worries for the upcoming group

and/or what are you looking forward to?
 The Virtual Group 

What is the group Timings and Attendance Talking to care Make sure you have
about?  punctuality  coordinators the right equipment
for the group
 1. Confidentiality 
2. Communication outside the group
3. Respect – taking turns to speak & accepting
individual differences
4. Punctuality 

Group 5. Turn off phones

6. Make sure you are in a quiet place without others
Rules  in the room
7. Be mindful of people’s different ages and stages
8. Let us know if you have any technical difficulties

Any others?
What to Task: write down 3 different things you can do
to get support if you are feeling distressed
do if you during the group 
are
• Private message either Emily or Alex if you
feeling are feeling that you cannot stay in the group
upset  and would like to leave
during • One of us will contact you afterwards to
make sure you are ok (we cannot do this
the group during a session)
 How to contact us

If you can’t attend or wish to talk about the group please call 
0208 215 5270
And ask to speak to Emily or Alex
You can also discuss things about the group with your care coordinator
in your sessions. 
Introductions 

Your name + your favourite

pet & musician
Agenda - Body
Image 
• Body Image Quiz 
• What is Body Image?
• Videos
• What influences body image 
 What is Body Image? 

A. How you feel about your body

B. How you feel others perceive you
C. How you see or picture yourself (think about your body)
D. All of the above
What is the average
woman’s dress size in
the UK?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16
The media's portrayal of "healthy, desirable” bodies are
unrealistic. But how unrealistic are they?
The body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal is
possessed naturally by less than _% of females. 

A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 20%
D. 30%
What percentage of teenage girls are NOT
happy with their body? 
A. 50% At 13 years old 
B. 80% At 17 years old 
C. 20%
D. 95%
What percentage of teenage boys are unhappy
about their body?
A. 50%
B. 80%
C. 60%
D. 90%
When following appearance-based
accounts, and comparing yourself to those
accounts, how many minutes on Instagram
per day can make people feel worse about
their bodies and impact self-esteem?

A. 120 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 60 minutes
 We've heard of various fad diets, that are
offered as quick ways to lose weight... but
how often do they fail?
Between _ and _ percent of the time! 

A. 40-50%
B. 60-70%
C. 90-95%
D. 80-85%
What is Body Image?
 Body image is the way we think and feel about the way our
body looks and functions, and the way we behave and treat
our bodies.
Its about how we evaluate our appearance, and how we relate
to our bodies more broadly.
Changing your body does not necessarily change your body
image.
 Poor Body Image vs Positive Body Image
• Dissatisfied with appearance
• Being obsessive and preoccupied with your appearance
• Worrying about how you look and are perceived
• Low self-esteem
• Celebrating your appearance and ≠ associate appearance and
value as person
• Accepting your body regardless of whether it meets societal
beauty standards
• Feeling connected to your body and being able to listen to it
more
• Feelings of gratitude towards your body
• Does not mean being vain/showing off. Vain = happy if
meeting ideals of beauty
Positive Body Image
Here are some descriptions of positive body image that other young people gave: 

Not letting your

Being happy with appearance rule Accepting your
how your body Believing how your life body for how it is 
actually is healthy your body
is to be more
important than
how it looks

Being confident in
how you look  person is more
Feeling
comfortable with
Recognising that your body
Realising that the
who you are as a
perfect body does
not exist
important than
how you look 
  Not as simple as negative and positive
body image 
 Body image is complex and is processed
in 9 different areas of your brain 
  Aspects of our body image run on a
continuum 
  Body image changes with times and
situations 
Videos

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0tEcxLDDd4

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk
Reflections of the videos... 
What do you think about the videos? 
What do you think the message is?
 Pretty is Alive – Nikita Gill

What if I told you the word pretty is a skin deep, 6 letter prison they put you in.
They say if you lost some weight you’d be so pretty .
If your skin was clearer, you’d be so pretty.
But what they really mean is, if only you looked like our mass produced ideal, you’d be so pretty.
Let me tell you a secret, they do not want you to know.
Nothing about you is pretty, nor will it ever be so. You see pretty is too small, and simple a word to
capture the exquisitely complex human phenomenon that you are.
Every atom of you was plucked between the quiet between supernovas and stars. A carefully
chosen palette of your skin, your eyes, your muscles and bones from sunsets and skies.
So when they tell you about how pretty you could be, if only cut them off by saying pretty is not
your worth or value, nor something you have ever aspired to be.
Activity 

Write down 2 compliments to

yourself, other than your appearance

Think about your qualities (caring,

kind, loving, honest), your ambitions,
what your friends or family might say
about you
 From a young age,
it is imprinted into
us to look a
certain way

Media,
advertising,
corporate
enterprises
 Comparison with
Use of social
other bodies – as
media
thin? As pretty?

What factors influence our body

image?

Body checking or
Fat Talk
avoidance
Constantly
striving to
be a certain
look
 Complete the Feedback forms
Next session: Friday at 4:00-5:30pm 

Homework: Read the body image handout and pick

one tip from the reading that you are going to do