Body Image: How It Affects Us (and Our Kids)
b'50%\\xa0of preadolescent girls and 30% of boys report disliking their bodies. Those numbers go up in adults\\u2014 60% of women and 40% of men report the same dissatisfaction.\\nHow do we help our kids when they struggle with their body images\\u2014especially when some of those struggles are our own? Especially when unrealistic images of bodies are everywhere on social media? Especially when dieting and weight loss are normalized, along with the assumption that all of us would change something about our appearances if we could?\\nWe may not be able to fix the messaging that surrounds us and our kids, but there are ways we can start to subvert it.\\nIn this episode Amy and Margaret discuss:\\n\\nwhy body image issues and eating disorders are related but separate issues\\n\\nhow "media internalization" makes things worse\\n\\nwhy TikTok\'s "body positivity" movement isn\'t the perfect answer, either\\n\\n\\nHere are links to some of the writing on the topic that we discuss in this episode: \\n\\nSusan Cowden for VeryWell Mind: "Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Eating Disorders"\\n\\n\\nLauren Muhlheim for VeryWell Mind: "The Connection Between Body Image and Eating Disorders"\\n\\n\\nBobbie Eisenstock, Ph.D: "Media and Your Body Image: What You Need to Know"\\n\\n\\nJean M. Twenge for The Atlantic: "Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?"\\n\\n\\nJill Di Donato for HuffPost: "Gen Z Has A Body Positivity Problem, And It\'s Lurking On TikTok"\\n\\n\\nQuittkat Hannah, et; al: Body dissatisfaction, importance of appearance, and body appreciation in men and women over the lifespan\\n\\n\\n\\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'