ReCAPP: Professional Credits: Body Image Quiz

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Promoting Healthy Body Image

Continuing Education
Self-Study Quiz
for CHES and CFLE Contact Hours

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Self-Study Quiz

Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe "body image"?
1. the mental representation of an individual's physical self at any given point in time.
2. how an individual feels others perceive him or her.
3. what an individual believes about his or her physical appearance.
4. how physically attractive an individual is to others.

The American Association of University Women studied a cohort of 11-17 year-old girls and found that:
1. 25% reported that image and appearance were the most important struggle they faced.
2. 25% reported having been ridiculed for their weight, looks, body type, or personal style and appearance.
3. 25% reported having ridiculed other girls for their weight, looks, body type, or personal style and appearance.
4. 25% reported that they had, at some point in the last month, wished they were boys.

Cindy Maynard, author and dietician, explains that:
1. 25% of third-grade girls think they are too fat.
2. about half of teen girls think they are too fat.
3. more than 50% of teen girls are dieting.
4. 75% of female teens think they are too fat.

Educators can do their part to help teens maintain a healthy body image by:
1. disclosing their own feelings about their satisfaction with their own bodies.
2. conducting a body-sanitation inventory.
3. asking students to consider which of the cultural pressures prevent them from feeling good about themselves — and what they can do about it.
4. explaining that teen (and preteen) bodies are "works in progress" and will not meet "perfection" until they are in their 40s.

Teen Voices is:
1. a non-profit organization run by girls which celebrates the diverse skills and talents of girls 10-21 years old.
2. a magazine to help girls realize their potential.
3. a low-cost CD-ROM for girls at high risk for eating disorders.
4. a web site for female and male teens that shares real stories about the acceptance of real bodies and healthy body image development.

Frances M. Berg, MS is:
1. the chief writer for Blue Jeans: For Teen Girls Who Dare.
2. a "body image" counselor and inspirational speaker.
3. the editor and founder of Healthy Weight Journal: Research, News and Commentary Across the Weight Spectrum.
4. a comedian and nutritionist who blends her talents to "speak to girls in a way that makes sense — and tastes good too."

According to current research, what contributes to poor body image?
1. high body mass, depression, and single parent homes.
2. anxiety, depression, and other less common mental illnesses.
3. social pressures and a preoccupation with thinness in our society.
4. low self-esteem and parents with poor body image.

Educators can encourage positive body image by teaching youth skills for dealing with societal obsession with size and weight. Those skills include:
1. media literacy and "de-stereotyping" skills.
2. active listening, critical thinking, and mirror tolerance skills.
3. critical thinking, media literacy, and the ability to speak up against oppression, intolerance, or prejudice.
4. All of the above.

The body-sensitive inventory helps educators:
1. align what they are teaching with their words, to what they are teaching with the visual images that surround the students.
2. feel good about their bodies so that they can be good role-models.
3. eliminate the media's representations of girls' bodies from the classroom.
4. be sensitive to the body image issues of each of their students as they relate to all academic subjects.

The article "Frequent Dieting Among Adolescents: Psychological and Health Behavior Correlates" revealed that boys and girls who reported frequent dieting behavior also reported more:
1. risky behaviors like alcohol use and misuse of over-the-counter diet aids compared to their non-dieting peers.
2. other risky behaviors like substance use and improper condom use compared to their non-dieting peers.
3. alcohol use, tobacco use, suicide attempts, and a higher incidence of sexual activity compared to their non-dieting peers.
4. higher number of sick days and sexual partners compared to their non-dieting peers.

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