1. NORMAL EATING,
POSITIVE BODY IMAGE
AND SELF ESTEEM
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2. OUTLINE
What is healthy eating?
What is disordered eating?
Positive body image
Healthy self esteem
Media
Where to go for more
information
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3. HEALTHY EATING
Your body decides
What
How much, and
How often of eating
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4. NORMAL EATING
 Normal eating is the:
When
Where
Why of eating
 Flexible and enjoyable
 Making your own choices
 Include your favourite foods
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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
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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!
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7. NORMAL EATING IS…
 Feeling overfull sometimes
 Under-eating sometimes
 Trusting your body
 Takes time and is enjoyable
 Flexible – depends on :
 your hunger
 your schedule
 your feelings
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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! 8

9. Do You Have a Healthy Relationship with Food?
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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
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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
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12. EATING DISORDERS
 Most eating disorders start with a diet
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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
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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
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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
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16. WHAT CAN WE DO
ABOUT
DISORDERED
EATING?
Practice normal eating…
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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
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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
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19. EATING DISORDERS
PROGRAM
EATING DISORDER
PROGRAM
oTalk with Dietitians and Counselors
oAnyone can call
oGroup education and support
oPhone: 250-387-0000
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20. FOSTERING HEALTHY
BODY IMAGE
What does body image mean to you?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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25. WHAT DO YOU SAY?
 A friend asks you how to lose weight and get a
flat tummy again.
What do you do?
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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?
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27. FOSTERING HEALTHY SELF
ESTEEM
What does self esteem mean to you?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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32. MEDIA LITERACY
What does media literacy
mean to you?
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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?
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34. WE ARE BOMBARDED… WITH
MESSAGES
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36. 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
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37. MEDIA LITERACY - EDUCATION
 Goal:
To help you make good choices in your use of
media
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38. 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
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39. FINAL THOUGHTS…
The purpose of eating
is to fuel living.
I have more time and energy
when I’m not consumed by
food, eating, and weight.
Where will I invest my energy today?
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MichelleMay,AmIHungry?
aihungry.com