Teen Body Image

Have you struggled to keep food down for several months now? Do you remember the last time you ate without feeling weighed down and guilty? When was the last time you looked in the mirror without grimacing? I can help you.

The things 17-year-old Erin Post wants are drastically different from the things she needs. A junior in high school, Erin wants nothing more than to be thin. In reality, she's a depressed girl with a serious eating disorder who needs to stop starving herself. When Erin’s mother insists that she see a psychiatrist, Erin runs away to Chicago. There, she meets Lin and Ari, two homeless teens who show her that there’s a lot more to the world than being thin and fitting in.

"Jeg er tyk. På den der mine-forældre-og-læge-sender-mig-på-fedecamp-måde." For 14-årige Sarah er sundhedstilbuddet for tykke børn og unge lig med social død. Men hvad hvis campen rent faktisk kan gøre det, den lover? Så vil Lucas måske endelig få øjnene op for hende. Faktisk vil ALLE hendes problemer løse sig, hvis hun bare bliver tynd... Og det med campen er der vel ingen, der behøver at vide.

Novela que sigue la historia de una adolescente que comienza a descubrir las exigencias sociales sobre su nuevo cuerpo y se embarca en un viaje de body positive y amor propio.

Alles, was Evie will, ist normal zu sein. Und sie ist schon ziemlich nah dran, denn immerhin geht sie wieder zur Schule, auf Partys und hat sogar ein Date. Letzteres entpuppt sich zwar als absolutes Desaster, dafür aber lernt sie dadurch Amber und Lottie kennen, mit denen sie den Spinster Club gründet. Doch schafft sie es auch, mit ihren neuen Freundinnen über ihre Krankheit zu sprechen?

El estigma de la gordura pesa mucho más que el propio cuerpo. Parecería que si no somos delgadas, valemos menos. La influencer del body positive Agustina Cabaleiro tiene mucho para decir al respecto.

At Recovery and Relief, a treatment center for girls with eating disorders, the first thing Shoshana Winnick does is attach herself to vibrant but troubled Rowan Parish. Shoshana — a cheerleader on a hit reality TV show — was admitted for starving herself to ensure her growth spurt didn’t ruin her infamous tumbling skills. Rowan, on the other hand, has known anorexia her entire life, thanks to her mother’s “chew and spit” guidance.

The Accident captures the sweet, playful, and giggly personality of Gayle as a near three-year-old. She's off with her mom to a grown-up tea party. Her life is suddenly changed by the physical and emotional scars left after a terrible accident.

The last thing 16-year-old Maisie Martin thought she’d be doing on her vacation is entering a beauty pageant. Not when she’s spent most of her life hiding her body from everyone. As she writes down all the ways this vacation is going from bad to worse in her school-assignment journal, what starts as a homework torture-device might just end up being an account of how Maisie didn’t let anything, or anyone, hold her back.

Faith Herbert is a pretty regular teen. When she’s not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, she’s volunteering at the local animal shelter or obsessing over the long-running teen drama The Grove. So far, her senior year has been spent trying to sort out her feelings for her maybe-crush Johnny and making plans to stay close to Grandma Lou after graduation. Of course, there’s also that small matter of recently discovering she can fly....

Faith Herbert can finally admit that she’s not a regular teen — and take advantage of her new flying superpowers. After the chaos of her first semester, Faith just wants to end her senior year in a normal way — enjoying all the hallmarks of graduating high school, like prom, with her best friends Matt and Ches.

Essays of bullying, heartbreak, racism, and confidence, Ashley taps into her own past and shares those stories that made her who she is today as she seamlessly weaves in parallel experiences that both she and Mrs. Obama have faced in their separate childhoods as well as their adult lives. Open, searing, and honest, these are stories listeners will feel seen with. listeners who are growing and learning as they move forward through life's triumphs and pitfalls will undoubtedly gravitate to and find comfort within its audio.

This book is dedicated to those suffering with an eating disorder called anorexia nervosa. I am writing based on my experience with the disease. The personal accounts within this book can aid in identifying and overcoming this disorder. This book can help you to see the beautiful girl in the mirror, regain your appetite, and begin talking about your feelings without fear of judgment.

Fat girls and boys and nonbinary teens are: friends who lift each other up, heroes who rescue themselves, big bodies in space, intellects taking up space and bodies looking and feeling beautiful. They express themselves through fashion, sports and other physical pursuits, through food, and music, and art. They are flirting and falling in love. They are loving to themselves and one another.