Body Image/Acceptance Citation information in case you want to use an actual statistic University of Colorado Boulder, Wellness Center, last updated on Oct. 30, 2010, downloaded November 1, website

What defines you - what people see? Hair Makeup Clothes Car Skin tone Behavior is secondary

Unfortunately You are defined by these parameters for most of your life You will be judged by what others see In many cases, this is unfortunate

Who tells you how you should look For teenagers, overwhelmingly, it is the media Statistics - –One in every three articles in leading teen girl magazines includes a focus on appearance –50% of the ads use an appeal to beauty to sell their products

56% of commercials use beauty as a product appeal Two out of five women and one out of five men would trade 3-5 years of their life to achieve their weight goals average when a girl started dieting - 14,

Women overestimate the size of their hips by 16% and their waists by 25%, yet these same women were able to correctly estimate the width of a box After viewing images of female fashion models, seven out of ten women felt more depressed and angry than prior to watching the images.

The “ideal” woman portrayed by models, Miss America, Barbie, and screen actresses is 5 foot 5, weighs 100 pounds and wears a size 5 The average woman is actually 5 foot 4 and weighs 140.

Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of cancer One out of three women and one out of four men are on a diet at any given time, two thirds regain their weight within a year

The diet industry takes in over 40 billion a year 8 million or more people in the US have an eating disorder

Freaks and Geeks Lindsey is the bridge between and look at how she is persecuted for her decisions and labeled even by people who should not label. The counselor, her parents, her peers The geeks are labeled and persecuted - why? Who would you rather hang out with - Sam and his friends or the jocks?

Is it different when you know them? Is it easier to look beyond? What stops you? Why does image and what you see stop you from accepting people? What is it you are not seeing?