APA 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Healthy Diet, Menopause, Body Image
2 Dec 2016
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Important to know what gives rise to body image formation/disturbance for interventions. Adolescents- sometimes greater discrepancy between accuracies of physical description (usually improves with age) Change pa environment so it is safe and non-threatening to body image. Get ppl to (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e aware of what (cid:862)ideal(cid:863) is a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)pose pressure to (cid:373)eet this ideal. Perpetuates misconception of what we see on tv is what we should be striving for. Changes to body reality: can change how someone thinks of themselves and their body (ex. Better self-esteem (related to happiness, health, well-being, quality of life) Better body satisfaction, better global and physical self-esteem. Body image disturbance is an antecedent, not a consequence of increased depression and anxiety. Pa had a small positive effect on body image. Comprehensive training-greatest effect on body image (both aerobic and anaerobic activity) Greatest impact is on those with poor body image. Those whose body image is threatened by disease/illness.
