NORMAL EATING,
POSITIVE BODY IMAGE
AND SELF ESTEEM
1
OUTLINE
2
What
is healthy eating?
What
is disordered eating?
Positive
body image
Healthy
self esteem
Media
Where to go for more
information
HEALTHY EATING
Your body decides
 What
 How much, and
 How often of eating
3
NORMAL EATING
 Normal
eating is the:
When
 Where


Why of eating
 Flexible
and enjoyable
 Making
your own choices
 Include your favourite foods
4
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
5
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!
6
NORMAL EATING IS…
 Feeling
overfull sometimes
 Under-eating
 Trusting
sometimes
your body
 Takes
time and is enjoyable
 Flexible – depends on :



your hunger
your schedule
your feelings
7
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
Do You Have a Healthy Relationship with Food?
9
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
compulsive eating)

10
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
11
EATING DISORDERS
 Most
eating disorders start with a diet
12
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
13
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
 Obsessive
 Refusal
 Often
 5-8%
fear of gaining weight
to eat enough to maintain weight
with a distorted self image
mortality rate
14
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
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre

15
WHAT CAN WE DO
ABOUT DISORDERED
EATING?
16
Practice normal eating…
BOOKS, WEBSITES, RESOURCES & LINKS
My Food Guide
 http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guidealiment/index-eng.php
BC Dairy Foundation
 www.bcdairyfoundation.ca
Michelle May, Founder of Am I Hungry?
www.amihungry.com
17
MORE RESOURCES

HealthLinkBC Factsheet: Supporting Someone with a
Eating Disorder



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


http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/kb/content/special/hw48146.html
www.anorexicsandbulimicsaba.org
18
Overeaters Anonymous 12 Step Program www.oa.org
EATING DISORDERS PROGRAM
EATING DISORDER PROGRAM
oTalk
with Dietitians and Counselors
oAnyone
oGroup
oPhone:
19
can call
education and support
250-387-0000
FOSTERING HEALTHY
BODY IMAGE
20
What does body image mean to you?
BODY IMAGE

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

Peel Region Public Health peelregion.ca

…the mental picture you have of your body and the
feelings you have about that picture
21
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
22
FOSTERING HEALTHY BODY IMAGE
 Be
aware of what you are saying to yourself
and to others
Hurtful
 Focus
comments can last a lifetime
on health - not weight, not size
23
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
24
WHAT DO YOU SAY?

A friend asks you how to lose weight and get a
flat tummy again.

What do you do?
25
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?
26
FOSTERING HEALTHY SELF ESTEEM
27
What does self esteem mean to you?
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
28
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
29
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

30
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
31
MEDIA LITERACY
32
What does media literacy
mean to you?
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?
33
WE ARE BOMBARDED… WITH MESSAGES
34
35
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


36
MEDIA LITERACY - EDUCATION

Goal:

To help you make good choices in your use of
media
37
MEDIA LITERACY: TOOLS AND RESOURCES
 Fat

Talk (3 min. 19 sec.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CuMJybvAh8
 Dove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U
 Dove

Evolution (1 min. 15 sec.)
Beauty Pressure (1 min. 15 sec.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei6JvK0W60I&fea
ture=related
38
FINAL THOUGHTS…
I have more time and energy
when I’m not consumed by
food, eating, and weight.
Where will I invest my energy today?
Michelle May, Am I Hungry?
aihungry.com
The purpose of eating
is to fuel living.
39