1. BODY IMAGE

7. I) What is Body Image?
A) It is the way you see yourself, the way you feel
about your appearance and your level of comfort with
your body. It is not based on fact. It is psychological in
nature and is more influenced by self-esteem than
actual physical attractiveness as judged by others.
Body image is not inborn. It is learned.

8. B) Your body image is very important.
How you feel about your body can
affect the way you deal with many

9. C) If you feel comfortable with your body, you will be more
likely to have confidence when you are faced with new
challenges. If you are uncomfortable with your body, you
may feel like changing how your body looks. These feelings
can lead to some unhealthy behavior.

10. II. Healthy Body Image
A) People who have a healthy body image are comfortable with their
appearance
B) They accept their bodies and they do not feel the need to change anything
about their bodies
C) They are not easily influenced by what they see on TV or magazines
D) They have a healthy self-esteem and are confident in new situations

11. III. Unhealthy Self-Image
A) People who have an unhealthy body image are
not comfortable with the way they look
B) They tend to compare themselves to others
C) They want to change the way they look
D) They might take part in unhealthy behavior like
fad dieting and eating disorders
E) They have low self-esteem
F) Because they have low self-esteem they tend
to avoid their friends because they feel they are
not good enough for their friends
G) They become less active in class which can
affect their grades

13. IV: Influences on Body Image
A) Your Family
1) When family members say good things about your appearance,
they help you feel good about your body
2) But sometimes your family may say things about your body that
hurt your feelings. These comments can hurt your body image
especially if you are already not comfortable with your body.

14. B) People at Your School
1) Friends
a) Friends can be a good influence on your body image if
they support you when you feel uncomfortable with your
body.
b) However they may criticize how someone looks
without realizing it which can hurt your body image

15. 2) Peers
a) Peers are people you know who are your age.
b) They may take part in teasing and bullying

16. 3) Teachers and Coaches
a) In some sports physical characteristics may affect
how well you play. A coach may make a comment
about your body that may hurt your feelings.

17. C) The Media ( Magazines, TV, movies, the Internet, billboards. etc.)
a) Adolescents undergo physical and emotional change.
b) During this time they are exposed to many media messages and images. The
media promotes the ideal female body to be very thin and the ideal male body to
be very muscular.
c) Many think that they should look like the people they see in the media in
order to be accepted by their peers.

18. d) But the truth is ….

19. e) Models eat tissue, work out seven hours a day ,
taking appetite reducing drugs, metabolism
enhancing drugs just to keep their jobs
Modeling agencies have a ridiculous idea of what
women should look like. The fashion industry is
hurting the self image of teens and young women.

22. f) One model had three heart attacks due to her lifestyle
but kept on starving herself, binging and purging, and doing
other things to stay thin enough to keep her job. At no time
did any modeling agency say that she was killing herself
and to stop the destructive behavior

23. g) Another model, Isabelle Caro, who died of anorexia
nervosa in 2011, reached her goal weight of 55 pounds
in 2006. She did everything to the extreme and her
body couldn't handle the abuse. She died trying to stay
very skinny so she could walk the catwalk.

24. h) Barbie Dolls
>The thin and slender bodies
of Barbie dolls also affect
little girls’ body image. In the
past dolls looked like babies
so that the children would
want to take care of them.
But Mattel, a doll-making
company ,changed all that
when they created Barbie
dolls.
> Little girls would surely
think that grown-up women
should look like Barbie dolls.

25. i)
Cosmetics, whitening products, accessories
The cosmetic industry is a multi-million business. The
makers take advantage of the negative body image women
have.
> The makers of whitening lotions, creams, tablets ,
injections are making good money because of the
discontentment of Asians and Africans

26. j) Airbrushing
Pictures of models
and celebrities
undergo a lot of air
brushing or
improving an image
by
concealing defects
and modifying
everything which
seems to be not
appealing.

27. k) Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery
1) Cosmetic surgery
Surgery that modifies or
improves the appearance
of a physical feature,
irregularity, or defect.
2) Plastic surgery
surgery done to repair,
restore, or improve lost,
injured, defective, or
misshapen body parts
3) 195,000 people die
because of cosmetic or
plastic surgery every year

28. V) What is a Normal Body?
a) There is no such thing as a normal body
b) How you look is influenced by your parents’ looks, you ethnicity,
your environmental conditions and your appetite and your diet.
c) Accepting your body is an important part in building a healthy
body image.

29. d) Be realistic about your body. You have to accept your body. To
accept your body, you need to be realistic about your size and
weight.
The body mass index (BMI) is a tool that can help you find your
healthy wealth range.
BMI= weight
( height)²

30. Calculating BMI
 A. Multiply your
weight in pounds
by .45 to get
kilograms
 B. Convert your
height in inches and
multiply this
number by .0254
 C. Multiply your
height number by
itself
 D. Divide this into
your weight in
kilograms
A man weighing 175
pounds and standing 5’9”
tall
A. 175 x .45= 78.75
B. 5’9” = 69”
69” x .0254= 1.7526
C. 1.7526
x 1.7526
3.0716
D. 78.75/ 3.0716 = 25.64
BMI (Body Mass Index)

31. d) Eat Well and Feel Well
1) Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables
everyday in every meal: breakfast, lunch
and dinner

32. 2) Eat whole-grain food often
• Whole-grain
products include
whole-grain
bread, oatmeal
and popcorn

33. 3) Drink a lot of water;milk; green, red or white tea; natural
fruit juice or vegetable juice everyday
1)Drink 4-6 glasses of
water a day
2)Use a juicer to make
fruit or vegetable juice
or a blender to make a
smoothie
3) Avoid sugary and
chemical-laden drinks
like colas, sodas,
artificial fruit juice,
coffee, alcohol, energy
drinks like Red Bull,
Lipovitan or M150

34. 4) Limit the amount of high-fat food in
your diet
> These food
include
french fries,
potato chips,
donuts and
pastries

35. 5) Limit the amount of salty food in your
diet
Eating food high in salt can make you
sluggish. These food include salty snacks like
potato or corn chips, salty biscuits and many
fast food
>

36. e) Move That Body
> Be physically active.
One hour of exercise
daily helps maintain a
healthy weight. You
can play sports, walk
to school if your house
is near the school, walk
your dog, ride a
bicycle, engage in
dancing, skating, etc.

37. VI. Eating Disorders
1) Fad Diets
>Eating plan that promises quick weight loss with very little effort
Require you to buy special products like pills, special drinks or
powdered shakes
 Can be dangerous because you might not be eating in a healthy way
> All the weight you lost will return once you stopped the diet


38. 2)Eating Disorders
 Disease in which a
person is overly
concerned with his/her
body weight or shape
 Affects thousands of
people in the U.S.
every year
 Affects people of all
people groups, all
income levels and both
genders but more girls

39. 3) Causes of Eating Disorders
a) Depression
b) Feeling of lack or
control of one’s life
c) History of physical
or sexual abuse
d) Troubled family and
personal
relationships
e) Low self-esteem
f) Unhealthy body
image

40. 4) Anorexia Nervosa
 A disorder in which a person
stops eating food because she/he
is obsessed with being thin
• > People with this disorder
usually vomit the food that they
eat
 Think they are fat though they
are thin
 Suffer from symptoms such as
dry skin, brittle nails, hair loss.
 It can be medically treated
 If left untreated it may cause
permanent damage to body
organs
 A person may even starve to
Valeria Levitin, model from Moscow
death

41. 5) Bulimia Nervosa
 An eating disorder in which a
person is afraid to gain weight,
eats a lot of food( binging) and
then later get rid of the food
before the body can digest it
 They are ashamed of themselves
and are afraid to get fat so they
get rid of the food by purging: by
making themselves vomit or by
taking laxatives ( medicines that
make your have a bowel
movement) or diuretics
( medicines that make you
urinate)
 May over exercise
> Can lead to damaged organs and

42. 6) Binge Eating Disorder
 An eating disorder in which
a person cannot control
how much food he/she
eats
 They do not purge and feel
ashamed after binging
 Often become overweight
 May become obese or
extremely overweight
 May develop health
problems
 Including high blood
pressure and heart
problems