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ROBERT C. P. STEINER
GRADUATE HONORS HOUSE DI RECTOR
Body Image
Agenda
What is Body Image?What are Eating Disorders?What Causes Eating Disorders?Tips for Critical Viewing of the MediaStrategies for Dealing with Eating DisordersTips for a Healthy Body ImageM.A.I.D. Technique for Engaging ResidentsResources
What is Body Image?
Body Image is Made up of Two Components
1. How You Perceive Your Body
2. What You Feel About That Perception
Factors That Contribute to Body Image
FamilyChildren’s Toys & Fairy Tales (Disney)FriendsThe Media
Moving Towards a Positive Body Image
Interesting Facts: 25 years ago, the avg. female model weighed 8% less
than the avg. American Woman Today, the avg. model weighs 23% less than the avg.
American Woman
For men, the avg Playgirl centerfold has shed about 12 lbs of fat while putting on over 12 lbs of muscle over the past 25 years
What is your Healthy Weight?Link
What are Eating Disorders?
The two most common eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa (Self-Stavation)Bulimia (Binging & Purging)Some consider compulsive overeating a
disorder
Signs of Eating Disorders
Spend a lot of Time Thinking About Eating, Food, Weight, & Body Image
Often Feel “fat” When their Weight is Normal or Below normal
Feel Uncomfortable After Eating a Normal Sized Meal
Often Feel Anxious When Eating Around OthersMake Judgments About Themselves and How They
Control What They EatBelieve That Others Are Judging Them By What
They Eat
What Causes Eating Disorders?
Factors Contributing to Eating Disorders Cultural & Psychological Issues Personality Traits Learned Behaviors Sometimes Biochemical Imbalances
People with eating disorders are often subject to Depression, Anxiety, and Low Self-Esteem.
Media Images Past & Present
Media Images Past & Present
Media Examples
America’s Next Top Model AuditionLink
America’s Next Top ModelLink
Tips for Critical Viewing of the Media
Media Messages About Body shape and Size Will Only Affect the Way We Feel About Ourselves If We Let ThemTo Be a Critical Viewer of MediaAll Media Images are Constructions, Not RealityAdvertisement Have Been Carefully Constructed With
an Intent to Send a Very Specific MessageAdvertisements are Created for One Thing: To
Convince You To Buy SomethingThey Create their Message Based on What they Think
You Want to SeeWe Can Choose A Filter that Protects Our Self-Esteem
Strategies for Dealing with Eating Disorders
If You Starve (Restrict) or Fast Learn what is a healthy weight for you. Then find out how many
servings of the different food groups are needed to achieve that weight. Make a daily meal and snack plan and stick to it whether hungry or not.
If You Binge & Purge: Work toward ending the cycle of binging and purging, feeling guilty,
dieting, getting too hungry, and Binging again. Increase the amount of calories in your diet and decrease the amount of calories in your binges
If you Overeat/Binge: Buy limited amounts of food/ Don’t shop when Hungry/ Avoid Impulse
Buying/ Stabilize your eating habits/ Eat Slowly/ Keep healthy snacks handy/ Stop eating as soon as you feel full
Tips for all Types of Eating Disorders
Learn About Good NutritionGet a copy of ACHA’s Brochure Eating 101: The Basics of
Good Nutrition
Finding Your TriggersFind the triggers that spur your urges to binge, starve, or
otherwise abuse food. You can reprogram your thoughts and plan other activities
Accepting That Setbacks are Part of ProgressLook at them as opportunities to learn more about your
eating habits. Feeling guilty only sets the stage for longer relapses
Tips for a Healthy Body Image
1. Attend to your bodily cues for Hunger & Satiation
2. Enjoy all foods.3. Use the food pyramid as a guide4. Eat for enjoyment5. Try New Foods6. Keep Nutrient-dense food readily available7. Avoid the Good/Bad food trap8. Focus less on Body Weight & Shape and
more on inner self
Engaging a Resident
M.A.I .D.
M = Misery, Sadness, Change in Mood, etc…A = Alienation, Isolation, Not Spending Time
with Friends I = Inefficiency, Not Being Effective In Class, Athletics, & Other ActivitiesD = Disturbance, Focus on Eating/Body Image is Getting in the Way of Other Parts of Life
Resources
University Counseling Clinic (UCC)
C.E.T.C. Counselor Education Training Center
Overeaters Anonymous
National Eating Disorders Organization