kids body image
And some 4-year-olds are aware of strategies to lose weight.
I recently did an interview with Janice Bremis, founder of the Eating Disorders Resource Services, to discuss my new children's book, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Breaking the "I Feel Fat" Spell. I thought I would post our discussion in the hopes of reaching more kids and families who need help in this area.
All of these dramatic changes were confirmation to me that there is great hope for children with painful body images. I realized
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Asked to describe the "perfect" man, the kids in the video use words like "smart," "kind," "likes caring for animals," and
I see 7-year-old kids who agonize over what to wear in the morning because they "hate the size of their thighs or their arms." And I work with children who refuse to eat carbs or fats. Who among us even knew what carbs or fats were when we were 6 years old?
Veer says he didn't think his 8- and 6-year-old daughters were worried about the way they looked until he overheard them
Fat prejudice isn't limited to the adults leading Abercrombie & Fitch and the tabloid industry. According to a new study