Body Image

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Body Image
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Body Image

• A picture in our minds eye
• Belief about how others perceive us
• How we feel living in our bodies

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What is the Ideal body?

• Different standards for male and female
• Different for various ethnic and cultural
  groups
• Defined by society, community, family . .
  .What is Ideal has changed over time . . .

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Body Image Throughout History

• Prehistoric
• Fertility goddessWide hips highly desirable

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Body Image Throughout History

• 120 BC
• Venus de Milo
• Greek goddess

1400s Botticellis Birth of Venus
Art depicted beauty soft and curvaceous
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Body Image Throughout History

• 1500s
• Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa

• 1600sRubens Garden of Love

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Body Image Throughout History

• 1880s
• Plump body, pale complexion
• Representing wealth, abundance of food refined
  lifestyle

Seurats A Sunday Afternoon
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Body Image Throughout History

• Early 1900s
• Corseted, hour-glass look

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Body Image Throughout History

• 1920s
• Era of the flat-chested, slim-hipped flapper

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Body Image Throughout History

• 1950s
• Full-figured shapes of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne
  Mansfield
• Typical models
• Height ? 58
• Weight ? 132 lbs.

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Body Image Throughout History

• 1960s
• The gaunt Twiggy look
• Height 57Weight 98 pounds

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Body Image Throughout History

• Miss America was normal weight in the 1920s
  through early 60s
• Underweight since the mid 60s

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Body Image Throughout History

• 1970s and 1980s
• Taller, thinner look
• No visible body fat
• Muscles highly toned from hours of working out
• Typical models
• Height ? 58
• Weight ? 117 lbs.

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Body Image Throughout History

• Early 1990s
• Waif-like figure of Kate Moss
• Pre-teen look in adult women
• lt 4 of women have this tall, very thin look
  naturally
• Typical models
• Height ? 510
• Weight ? 110 lbs

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Body Image Throughout History

• Late 1990s
• Narrow hips yet large breasts
• Rare combination without breast implants
• Typical models
• Height ? 510
• Weight ?110 lbs.

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Body Image Throughout History

• 2000s
• Most girls and women do NOT look like
  this!Average model
• Height ? 58 511
• Weight ? lt120 lbs.
• body fat ? lt18
• The average North American woman
• Height ? 54
• Weight ? 152 lbs.
• body fat ? gt 32

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Body Image Culture matters
Women of color generally have a very positive
body image and a broader definition of beauty
than white women.
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Body Image

• African-American models and actresses often
  portray unrealistic thinness

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Body Image

• The Ideal Male

Average Man 510 34-36 weighs 170 23
body fat
Tall ? 6 ? Broad shoulders/large muscles Narrow
waist ? 30 Average male model weighs 145
15 body fat
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Body Image

• Historical Male Body Image
• Michelangelo's David looks more realistic than
  the muscle men of today.

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Parents
Role models
Friends
Teens body image influenced by
Peers
Advertising
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Impact of the Media
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Technology impacts body image
After airbrushing
Before airbrushing
a - tidied and highlighted hair b - reduced
shine from skin c - cleaned up eyebrows d -
changed eye color from brown to blue/applied
"makeup" and whitened eyes e - lessened
bags/shadows under eyes f - made lips fuller g
- tidied jumper
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Reality versus Illusion
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis poses for More
Magazine as she really is and with retouching,
Sept 2002.
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Reality versus Illusion
"Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy
Crawford." -Cindy Crawford
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Body Acceptance

• Men have a more positive body image and overlook
  flaws in appearance more than women.
• Do you agree . . .Women are judged more on
  appearance than men?Societys standard of female
  beauty is higher and more inflexible?

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Parents
Role models
Friends
Teens body image influenced by
Peers
Advertising
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What messages do you get?

• From your family?
• From your friends?
• From yourself?
• About the ideal body?
• About your body?

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Even the toys you grew up with . . .
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If Barbie were real . . .
1971
2003
She would stand 6 tall, weigh 101 lbs, wear a
size 4, and her measurements would be 39-19-33.
1959
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If G.I. Joe were real . . .
His biceps would be 27 He would have a 55 chest
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What price is the perfect car?
Lamborghini Murcielago
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What price is the perfect car?
281,100
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What price is the perfect body?
Cosmetic surgery Personal Trainers
Hairdressers Make-up artists Wardrobe

Pretty high maintenance. Is it worth it ??
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What is Your Make and Model?

• What would it be like if we all drove the
  same car?
• Why do we strive to all look the same?
• Isnt uniqueness better?
• What are your signature features?

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What is Your Make and Model?

• How do you define attractive?
• How can we appreciate all our bodies do
  for us?
• How can we respect external differences?
• How can we emphasize internal qualities?

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What are your first impressions?
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The 25 cent Best Friend

• Fun to hang with
• Stylish hair
• Lean, not fat
• Dependable
• No pimples
• Keeps my secrets
• Popular
• Rich parents

• Wears name brands
• Honest
• Straight A student
• Sense of humor
• No put downs
• Athletic
• Accepts me
• Has cool car

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The 25 cent Best Friend

• Fun to hang with
• Stylish hair
• Lean, not fat
• Dependable
• No pimples
• Keeps my secrets
• Popular
• Rich parents

• Wears name brands
• Honest
• Straight A student
• Sense of humor
• No put downs
• Athletic
• Accepts me
• Has cool car

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Does poor body image matter?

• Body image dissatisfaction affects our
• mental health
• eating behavior
• physical activity behaviors
• weight management

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Does body image matter?

• Poor body image and preoccupation with weight is
  a risk factor for the development of eating
  disorders.
• People who feel good about their bodies and
  respect and care for themselves,who feed
  themselves well
• and enjoy being active,
• are unlikely to develop eating disorders.

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This Power Point Slide Show was created by
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RD as part of
Destination Wellness, a Nutrition Education
Tool Kit for High School Students. This project
was funded by a 2002 TEAM Nutrition grant from
the Department of Agriculture, and administered
by the Maryland State Department of Education.