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Marci Warhaft-Nadler tackles the tough questions that you and your kids face as they negotiate aspects of body image and self-esteem in a world filled with adverse messages. Hands-on advice and activities, real questions and answers, helpful Internet resources, and tips for identifying warning signs of dangerous body image behavior make this book the ultimate body image guide for parents of kids of all ages.

Beverly gets into serious trouble when her starvation diet interferes with her scuba diving.

Our views and opinions on many things are heavily influenced by our culture and what we see in the media. They can even shape how we see ourselves, including what is an acceptable or desireable body. Using relatable examples, this timely title explores the body image messages we receive from movies, video games, magazines, and social media, and how they affect our self-esteem. -- Provided by publisher

Todays young women face a bewildering set of contradictions when it comes to beauty. They dont want to be Barbie dolls but, like generations of women before them, are told they must look like them. Theyre angry about the medias treatment of women but hungrily consume the very outlets that belittle them. They mock modern cultures absurd beauty ideal and make videos exposing Photoshopping tricks, but feel pressured to emulate the same images they criticize...

"Embodiment coach Tara Teng helps us untangle ourselves from centuries of body-based oppression built into our societal systems or masquerading as religion. When we embrace our relationship with our bodies, we come into alignment with all things: ourselves, each other, the earth, and our spirituality. When we embrace ourselves, we can take back what society says is too much--too loud, too feminine, too masculine, too gay, too worldly, too unique....

"Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a career, and the apartment where she's lived since college still looks like she's just moved in. But she's got good friends, her bike, and her bicycling club. She's at peace with her plus-size body--at least, most of the time--and she's on track to marry Mark Medoff, her childhood summer sweetheart, a man she met at the weight-loss camp that her...

"Not so long ago, what the average man did mattered more than how he looked. Since the 1970s, however, projecting the right look has become more and more essential. Men once dreaded being accused of vanity; today they are spending millions of dollars on fitness training, bodybuilding, hair replacement, and cosmetic surgery in the relentless pursuit of physical perfection." "What has caused American men to fall into the beauty trap so long assumed...

This book discusses positive and negative body image, with an emphasis on body size and weight, and suggests ways to improve self-esteem and develop a healthy body image.

"In this illustrated nonfiction picture book, child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts introduces young readers to the ideas of body safety and body image."--

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text celebrate bodies of all shapes, sizes, ages, and colors, with different kinds of hair, eyes, spots, scars, and more.