Poor body image can have a range of negative social effects. Body image is how we think and feel about our bodies and how we imagine we look. Our image may have nothing to do with our actual appearance; it’s all about our self-perceptions. Poor body image can lead to disordered eating, compulsive exercise, depression, […]
Where Does Joy Come From? | The Body Image Center
I’m here with my son at his drum lesson. And you know what I don’t see? Frowns. Not one kid has a frown. As I was walking in from the parking lot, there was one little girl, barely 4 feet tall, carrying her drumsticks in one hand and holding her father’s hand in the other. […]
Body image in children
A patient of mine came in this past week and shared a horrible childhood body image memory. While rummaging through her mom’s attic she found a program from when she was 7 and attended her “coronation ceremony” from Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS). It was 1973, and TOPS was considered a compassionate way to help […]