Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Sneddon, Pamela Shires

Body Image: a reality check Pamela Shires Sneddon - Springfield, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c1999. - 112 p. ill. ; 24 cm. - Issues in focus .

Contents:
Acknowledgments
Body image
what, exactly, is it?
Influences on image: societal, peer, and media pressures
Short history of the human form
Eating disorders: serious problems for teenagers
Fears, steroids, and muscle mania
Cosmetic surgery, tattooing and body piercing
Accepting your body
Glossary
Resources
Chapter notes
Further reading
Index

Discusses the problems with body image, the reasons why some people have a poor body image, and how self-perception and self-acceptance are affected by society.

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Body image in adolescence
Self-acceptance in adolescence
Body image.
Self-acceptance.
Self-perception.

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