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How children challenge body image issues

Project reduces negative body image issues among primary schoolchildren and increases their self-esteem.

PROJECT

Promoting a Positive Body Image

FUNDING

No financial cost thanks to free support from Solihull Council's personal, social and health education (PSHE) adviser, who spent around six hours producing lesson plan templates. The school spent two to three hours analysing survey data, two hours each on teachers' and parents' workshops, and up to five hours on lesson planning

BACKGROUND

Girls as young as five worry about their size and appearance, one in four have tried to lose weight by seven and a third of eight- to 12-year-old boys are dieting to lose weight, according to Reflections on Body Image, the May 2012 report of the all-party parliamentary group on body image.

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