Unit 3: Physical and Sexual Well-Being

OUTCOME 8.5 - ASSESS HOW BODTY IMAGE SATISFACTION/DISSATISFACTION AND OVER-RELIANCE ON APPEARANCE AS A SOURCE OF IDENTITY AND SELF-ESTEEM AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SELF AND FAMILY

OUTCOME 8.7 - ASSESS THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON AND SUPPORTS FOR SEXUAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOURS, AND DECISIONS

Lesson 1BODY IMAGE

Big Questions

What causes our body image?

Handout: Page 232 “What is Body Image”

Terms

Body Image A mental picture of our own body; how you feel about your body

What you believe about your body

How you see yourself

How you think you look to others

Positive Body Image Satisfied with the mental picture of your body

Negative Body Image Troubled by your size or shape

Causes of Negative Body Image; Puberty

Beauty Industry

Family and friends

Peer Pressure

Low Self-esteem

Abuse

Results of a Negative Body Image: Dangerous Dieting

Self-Destruction

Think About It…

One of the results of having a negative body image was dangerous dieting. We call dangerous dieting, eating disorders. When our sole purpose for eating is about how it impacts our appearance, and not to satisfy hunger or provide nutrition, we may have an eating disorder.

Read through the textbook pp. 330-31 about eating disorders.

Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa

Intentionally starving themselves to lose weight

The person doesn’t get enough calories to carry normal body functions

Damages to the heart, brain, and vital organs

Bulimia Nervosa When a person eats large amounts of food and tries to get rid of excess calories by

inducing vomiting, abusing laxatives, or compulsive exercising

This disease is often kept secret and people may be unaware someone has it.

A person will maintain their normal body weight making it less detectable on the surface

Damages esophagus and stomach, and stomach acids will wear away tooth enamel

Compulsive Over-Eating Same as bulimia without the purging (vomiting)

Stop eating only when the body is in physical pain

Many are overweight or obese

Damages to the person’s body include: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes

Warning Signs of Eating Disorders

Constantly obsessing over size and shape of body Constantly thinking about weight and repeatedly weighing oneself Eating only certain foods in specific limited amounts Wanting to eat alone and feeling uncomfortable eating with others Feeling that they should exercise more no matter how much they

already exercise A person never feels good about themselves unless they’re thin,

but never satisfied with how thin they are Taking diet pills, abusing laxatives

Lesson 2FAKE BEAUTY

Big Questions

How does the beauty industry influence how we feel about our bodies?

How can we protect ourselves from those influences?

Beauty Industry Techniques

How and why do beauty industries use their techniques to change how you feel about your body?

Beauty Industry Techniques

Plastic Surgery Giving someone the option to change a person’s appearance

Weight loss products Giving someone a fast, chemical way to change a person’s

appearance

Diets Teaching someone fast ways to change your eating habits to change

a person’s appearance

Beauty Industry Techniques

Advertising Products Giving someone products to try that might help you change person’s

appearance

Digital Retouching Using technology in photos in order to change a person’s appearance

Lesson 3SELF-ESTEEM AND BODY IMAGE

Big Questions

How does a poor self-esteem lead to a poor body image?

How can a strong self-esteem lead to a positive body image?

Self-Esteem and Body Image

Self-Esteem How valued or worthy we feel

High Self-Esteem Feeling confident and deserving of success and achievements

Low Self-Esteem Feeling unworthy or the opportunities life has to offer

Factors Influencing Body Image Impact of media

Reinforcing unrealistic images by digital retouching

Family Influence Pressures from family to look a certain way

Friend Influence Using words or actions to promote either negative or positive self-

acceptance

Life Physical activity

Overcoming illnesses

Read Pages 323, 324 and 327 on Body image

Lesson 4EATING HABITS

Healthy Meals Activity

Calories and Energy Balance

Calories A unit of measuring the amount of energy in food

Energy Balance Equation When energy intake is equal to energy expenditure, our body weight

does not change

When energy intake is less than energy expenditure, we lose weight

When energy intake is more than energy expenditure, we gain weight

Creating a Personal Eating Plan

Create a food record Write down what you eat

Phone APPs for this. Example: myfitnesspal

Check and compare Compare what you have eaten to Canada’s Food Guide guidelines

Set a healthy eating goal Allow few treats in small portions to make healthy eating less

challenging

Creating a Personal Eating Plan

Do a progress Check Afrer a week has passed, check in with you food choices

Repeat the goal setting Set a new goal until you have one that works for you

Lesson 5SEXUAL NORMS AND PRESSURES

Sexuality

Sexuality is everything that defines us as male or female

These include examples such as: Phsyical characteristics

Gender roles

Relationships

Read Pages 169 to 173 in Healthy Active Living

Complete the handout after completed reading.