CLOUD SPOTTY CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
WILL COOL US OFF FOR THIS TIME
OF THE JEEKD DOES YOUR SON OR
DAUGHTER COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR
BODY?
HOW LONG IS THE TOO YOUNG TO
DIET IT KIDS ARE STARRING TO
BOIR WORRY MORE AND MORE.
40% OF FIRST THROUGH THIRD
GRADE GIRLS TALKING 5 AND 6 TO
ABOUT 8 OR 9 ARE WORRIED AND
WANT TO BE THINNER.
81% OF 10 YEARS OLDS ARE ALREADY
AFRAID OF BEING FAT AND 46% OF 9
TO 11 YEARS OLDS ARE ON SOME
KIND OF DIET.
WE USED TO THIS ABOUT THIS AS AN
ISSUE RELATED TO TEENAGERS BUT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS
STARTING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
JOINING ME NOW TO EXPLAIN THE
RIGHT WAY TO DISCUSS HEALTHY
WEIGHT AND FOOD WITH YOUR CHILD.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
I WAS STUNNED WHEN YOU SENT
ME THESE STATISTICS BECAUSE A,
IT IS HARD ENOUGH TALKING WHEN
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TARLG
TALKING TO YOUR ELEMENTARY
KIDNESS ABOUT BULLYING AND OTHER
THINGS AND SHARING FOR FOR
EXAMPLE AND NOW YOU HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT THIS.
START WITH THE WARNING SIGNS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE WARNING
SIGNS PARTICULARLY FOR
ELEMENTARY THE OR 33 THE START
OF AN EATING BOARD.
IT IS TALKING ABOUT DIETING
OR AIR SAYING THEY LOOK FAT FOR
LOOK FAT THAT THAT FEEL LOOKS
FAT.
LOOK LOOK THEIR TUMMY IS
STICKING OUT.
WE HEAR THAT IN YOUNGER AND
YOUNGER ONES.
MOM MY OR I DON LIKE MY
BELLY OR THEY CAUGHT THEMSELVES
FAT.
DO YOU CHANGE THAT AROUND?
OUR WHOLE CULTURE AS A BAD
WORD SO YOU WOULD THINK JUST TO
SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT THAT A,
WOULD BE ENOUGH, BUT IT IS NOT.
THEY DON'T SEE THEMSELVES
ACCURATELY.
SAYING YOU'RE NOT IS NOT GOING
THE HELP BUT BEGINNING TO HELP
THEM TALK BACK TO NEGATIVE
MESSAGES IN THE MEDIA AND SAY
PEOPLE COME IN ALL DIFFERENT
SHAPES AND SIZES TO SHOW THEM
HOW MODELS GET AIRBRUSHES AND
THE PICTURES OF MODELS ARE NOT
REAL.
THEN THEY CAN BEGIN TO BREAK
THROUGH THAT WAY OF THINKING
ABOUT THEIR ODD BODIES.
Jennifer: MAYBE THEY DO
HAVE A BELLY WHICH NOT
NECESSARILY IS BAD THING BUT
WHEN YOU START THE CONVERSATION
OF WELL, YOU DO EAT DESSERTS
THREE TIME A DAY AND YOU DON'T
GET ENOUGH EXERCISE, OR IS THAT
JUST BAD?
YOU'RE LAUGHING AT ME.
IT IS SO HARD IF THEY COME TO
YOU.
YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO BE
HEALTHY, TOO.
BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE PART OF
AN OVERALL CONVERSATION OF
EXERDZ TO FEEL GOOD NOT TO LOOK
GOOD.
HAPPY, TO AVOID DEPRESSION TO
AVOID STRESS AND THAT WAY YOU
DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT IN
TERMS OF FAT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS FUN AND
CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
IF THEY'RE HAVING DESSERT THREE
TILES ADA.
WHEN THEY'RE IT WILLPLE UP
LIKING THAT A IT IS NOT TO
DEPRIVE DESSERT ENTIRELY BUT
PRESENT A VARIETY OF FOODS ALL
THE TIME INCLUDING DESSERTS.
HOW DO YOU COUNT WERE, I EAT
SO HEALTHY MOMMY DURING LUNCH
BUT SO AND SO EATS SPAIZ AND
POTATO CHIPS AND DESSERT AND I
DON'T DO THAT AND SHE IS SO
SKINNY AND I'M NOT.
THAT IS NOT EASY.
AND WHAT I WOULD TELL KIDS IS
THAT ALL KIDS ARE GROWING AND
THEIR BODIES CHANGE SO MUCH AS
YOU'RE GROWING UP.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WITH WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK LOOK WHEN
YOU GROW UP.
IF APPROXIMATE AND EAT A VARIETY
OF FOODS AND LITTLE KIDS WILLING
ON GO THROUGH CHANGES, 22% ARE
MODEL SIZE.
THE REST ARE MAKING THEMZIES
THROW UP, TITLING, TAKING DRUGS
TO GET TO THAT BODY SIZE.
THAT IS WHERE PART OF THE,
YOU KNOW, WARNING SIGNS ALSO THE
BINGE EATING THE ANOREXIA, KIND
OF THE STRONG SENSE OF
PERFECTIONISM.
SKIPPING PEALS ALSO?
GEP, A LOT OF US PARENTS DO
THAT, JUST SKIP MEALS AND WE'RE
NOT BUILD TO SKIP MEALS AND
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO EAT ABOUT
EVERY FOUR HOURS.
MODEL TO THEM LISTENING TO YOUR
NATURAL HUNGER.
Jennifer: WHEN YOU'RE
STANDING NEXT TO YOUR DAUGHTER
AND LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND
TRYING SOMETHING ON AND YOU MAKE
THAT COMMENT, THESE JEANS MAKE
MY THIGHS LOOK BIG YOU'RE
SENDING
SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE.
IF YOU CAN'T HELP IT THEN
MAYBE LOOK AT YOUR OWN IDEAS HOW
YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR BODY AND TO
GET YOUR HELF SO FOALE WHY DO I
FEEL SO BOOD ABOUT MY BODY.
AND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
EWITH WERE DAUGHTING.
IT IS A PROBLEM WITH BOYS
AND AS WELL.
WE'RE SEEING MORGUE AND MORE
BOYS, NOT WANT AING THESE
ARBORED ABOUTBS, THIS THAT IS
NOT NORMAL, THEIR BODIES CHANGE
A LOT, TOO, IT IS A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON THEM, TOO.
Jennifer: THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE, ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND HELP
CONTACT LAURIE AT THE BODY IMAGE
COUNSELING CENTER.
NUMBER TO DIAL IS 737-3232.
WE WILL ALSO POST HER WEB SITE
WITH THIS INTERVIEW ON THE