Body Image

Body Image

Body image is a hot topic among teenage girls and boys, but first we need to know what body image is, your body image is how and what you think and feel about your body. It also includes the picture of your body that you have in your own mind, which might or might not match your body’s actual shape and size.

Body image can change, and is  connected to your self-esteem. When you feel good about your body, you feel good about yourself.

Some risk factors for negative body image:

• feel pressure from family, friends or media to conform to a social ideal of beauty and attractiveness
• have low self-esteem
• being a girl- adolescent girls are more likely to develop body image issues than boys, and are more likely to feel pressure to conform to ‘ideal’ body images (but many boys also feel this way)