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Radiance Magazine's Kid Project
READ & WRITE
www.RadianceMagazine.com
Articles on children/teens and weight: Experts,
children's, teens' writing, parents' writing. Welcomes articles, essays, ideas from you and your kids
and teens. Write to the editor,
Alice Ansfield, P.O. Box 30246, Oakland, CA 94604, or call
510-482-0680
NAAFA Kid's Project
READ, SEND FOR CURRICULA, REQUEST SPEAKERS:
www.naafa.org/kids.html
Read comments from other students, get background info on
bullying and teasing, sign-up to receive mailings and materials. Discussion works well in
diversity or health class. NAAFA is the National Association to Advance Fat
Acceptance.
Marilyn Wann, P.O. Box 423464, San Francisco, CA 94142, or
call 415-921-5967
Foodplay.com
FOODPLAY Productions produces national award-winning live theater shows and
videos for children and teenagers that deal with issues of nutrition,
body image, eating disorder prevention, tobacco
prevention, osteoporosis, fitness and media
literacy. Our site gives information about our shows and provides
resources for kids, parents, educators and nutritionists, and we are
continually working to make it a valuable resource for adults and
childr en on the issues our show covers.
office@foodplay.com
1-800-366-3752
Kids' Curriculum and Outreach Project
Miriam Berg,
and Cathi Rodgveller, Council on Size & Weight Discrimination, P.O.Box 116, Bearsville, NY 12409
Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention
(EDAP)
Tips for Kids http://www.edap.org/kidtips.html
What Parents Can Do http://www.edap.org/10things.html
Go Girls! http://www.goldinc.com/gogirls
Body Wise
Packet 800-628-8442
Excellent info for creating healthy middle school environments.
http://www.4woman.gov/bodyimage/bodywise.htm
Nuturing GirlPower
Sandra Friedman's curriculum for girls
Salal Books
#309, 101-1184 Denman St.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6G 2M9
604-689-8399
www.salal.com
Largesse
Resources for Fat kids http://www.fatso.com/fatgirl/largesse/res_kids.html
Hugs, International
Resources for Teens http://www.hugs.com
The Body Positive
(The "other" [nonprofit organization] Body Positive)
See updated
info about this fabulous organization!
The Body Positive was
created in 1996 to teach critical thinking about our culture’s obsessive concern with
thinness. We create innovative educational and media materials to prevent eating
disorders, and promote healthy attitudes and high self esteem in youth.
BodyTalk, the first
project of our multi-media portfolio, is a 28-minute video on body acceptance issues for
adolescent girls and boys. Our philosophy in producing BodyTalk is the belief that
the best way to reach youth is through the voices of their peers. BodyTalk features
girls and boys who represent diverse ethnic backgrounds, and a range of socio-economic
status and body size.
Purple's Big Beautiful Teen Page
CHAT, BROWSE, LEARN http://members.aol.com/purplebbw/bbteen.html
Girls, Inc.
JOIN for a variety of fantastic projects:
Girls Incorporated is a national research, education, and
direct advocacy organization that inspires girls to be strong, smart, and boldsm.
There are many wonderful projects, addressing health, physical activity, physical safety,
along with all sorts of competencies.
www.girlsinc.org
Girls Inc., 441 West Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN
46202-3287, or call 317-634-7546
I Am Beautiful
Calling All Girls: Tell Us Why You Are Beautiful
I Am Beautiful authors seek Teen Submissions for New Book
The authors are seeking written responses from teen girls to these
questions:
Do you think you are beautiful? What makes you beautiful? Who are the
most beautiful people in your life? How do your favorite magazines, TV
shows, music videos and movies make you feel about your beauty? When do you
feel the most beautiful?
Written responses should be no more than 200 words and should be
accompanied by a clear photo of the girl. For more information, see
the
I Am Beautiful
website.
Kidpower
P.O.Box 1212; Santa Cruz, CA 95061, or
call 800-467-6997, or email
safety@kidpower.org
http://www.fullpower.org
Self-defense for children and teens.
School Safety: Stop Bullies and Youth
Violence
http://members.aol.com/kthynoll/bully.htm
Body Positive
USE THESE IDEAS for discussion with kids and teens:
- How do I figure out if I should "diet"?
If you wouldn't do it for the rest of your life, don't do it now.
- How do I figure out how I should eat? Are you
hungry? How do you tell? Where do you feel it? How do you know when you're satisfied?
Isn't your body cool for helping you figure this out?
- How do I feel better about my body? It hears
everything you think! What do you say about your body to yourself? If you wouldn't say it
to your best friend, don't say it about your body.
- What do I do when my friend says she's too fat?
Ask her if she is scared about something. Understand that "fat talk" hides your
real feelings, and telling your real stories.
- How do I get more confidence? Try something that
is a challenge for you. Let yourself be proud when you achieve. Women and girls who are
successful give themselves encouragement!
Resources
on Children and Weight Programming
Programs
Discrimination
Useful Articles
PROGRAMS:
Guidelines for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: Promoting Healthy Weight
in Children
Society for Nutrition
Education
http://www.sne.org
The Role of Michigan Schools in Promoting Healthy Weight
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/healthyweight_13649_7.pdf
WIN the Rockies and WIN Wyoming
http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/winwyoming
http://www.uwyo.edu/WINtheRockies
Guiding Principles:
- People have responsibilities for their own health; communities can create
environments that foster good health and provide health options.
- Principles of body-size differences and size-acceptance
- Accept and value every body, whatever size or shape.
- Help people feel good about their bodies and about who they are.
- Recognize that people of all sizes and shapes can reduce their risk of
poor health by adopting a healthy lifestyle.
- Challenge your own size-prejudice beliefs.
- Principles of positive self-acceptance
- Value yourself regardless of your size or
shape.
- Identify your strengths and abilities and
build on your assets.
- Be critical of messages that focus on
unrealistic body images as symbols of success and happiness
Principles of physically active living
- Enjoy physical activity every day.
- Participate in activities for the joy of
feeling your body move.
- Make physical activity fun
Principles of healthful and pleasurable eating
Take control -eat when hungry and stop
when satisfied.
Follow the Food Guide Pyramid.
Honor the gift of food.
Children and Weight: What Schools and Communities Can Do
Cooperative Extension at the
University of California
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/
The Children and Weight series includes informative publications for parents
as well as health care professionals. The Children and Weight: What Schools and
Communities Can Resource Kit will serve as a "how-to" guide offering technical
assistance to community leaders. The Resource Kit includes:
Essential, up-to-date information on children and weight, including:
prevalence, best-practices approaches for prevention, and social concerns
related to body image;
Explanation of rationale and philosophy for empowerment approach;
Guidelines for mapping community resources, identifying and recruiting
potential task force members, and discovering the range of possible activities
(based on the Spectrum of Prevention);
Guidelines for setting the group�s course: developing vision, mission,
goals and objectives, and action plan;
Tips for facilitating effective meetings;
Step-by-step guides (including agendas, overheads and handouts) for initial
task force meetings
Suggestions for how to help the group maintain momentum;
Extensive list of print and electronic resources on children and weight as
well as community building;
"Make A Change," an inspiring video that shows different ways that local
communities have mobilized to improve kids� access to nutritious foods and fun
ways to stay fit.
The price is $100. Order from our publications division at
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/
Guidelines for School and Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical
Activity Among Young People
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/physact.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00046823.htm
The CDC site includes the Complete Guidelines Report, a summary of the report,
and a school health self-assessment and planning tool.
YMCA Feelin' Good Program for Elementary Schools
http://www.ymcaeastbay.org
DISCRIMINATION:
GUIDELINES FOR IDENTIFYING SIZE DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
INTERNATIONAL SIZE ACCEPTANCE ASSOCIATION
1. Material should not contain such stereotypes as "fat and lazy," "big and
stupid," etc. Words such as jumbo, hippo, fatso, tub of lard, etc. should not be
used to describe a fat person. The word fat is the preferred descriptive word.
Fat is an adjective to be used in the same way as tall, short, thin, etc. would
be used. The term overweight implies that the fat person exceeds a standard of
acceptability.
2. Illustrations should not depict fat people in an unattractive manner.
Pictures should not be used of fat people wearing ill-fitting clothing, eating
enormous amounts of food, or unable to ambulate because of extreme body size.
These are generally false stereotypes.
3. Examples or stories of fat children or adults should not be used if at the
end of the story the fat person gains acceptance by losing weight. No
Afro-American child would be asked to change his color to achieve acceptability,
nor would any female be asked to change her sex to be considered worthwhile.
People come in all shapes, sizes and colors. If a person is considered
unacceptable because of size, sex, or color, then it is time to change society,
not the body any individual lives in.
4. Textbooks and educational materials have made great strides in the past
two decades to include positive pictures and examples of men and women of
varying backgrounds and races. These materials should also endeavor to include
positive images of fat people. Pictures of children should not only include thin
Asian, Hispanic and Afro-American children, but an occasional fat child in all
these groups as well.
It is accepted that it may be occasionally necessary to ignore these
guidelines when reviewing educational materials, but serious consideration
should be given to the value of the educational material versus the possible
damage to the self-image of the fat student.
THESE GUIDELINES WERE WRITTEN BY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SIZE ACCEPTANCE
ASSOCIATION
Russell Williams MA
ISAA Activism vice-president ISAA.
For further information about these guidelines call
1-301-797-1201.
For further information about ISAA call 1-512-371-4379.
Southern Poverty Law Center�s "Tolerance.org" project
www.tolerance.org
"Responding to Hate at School"
http://www.tolerance.org/pdf/rthas.pdf
Take the test for weight bias:
http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/02.html
NAAFA Kids Project
http://www.naafa.org/kids.html
Marilyn Wann 415-921-5967
Kids' Curriculum and Outreach Project
c/o Nancy Summer P.O. Box 116, Bearsville,
NY 12409
Radiance Magazine articles about kids:
http://www.radiancemagazine.com/info_support.html
http://www.radiancemagazine.com/kids.htm
Council on Size and Weight Discrimination Kids' Project
http://www.cswd.org/kids.html
American Civil Liberties Union
http://archive.aclu.org/issues/gay/safe_schools.html
Anti-Bullying Program
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/model/programs/BPP.html
The Body Positive
http://www.thebodypositive.org
Eating disorder prevention programs in the SF Bay Area
Girls, Incorporated - A variety of programs "that inspires girls to be
strong, smart, and bold."
http://www.girlsinc.org
Kidpower Self-Defense
http://www.kidpower.org
USEFUL ARTICLES:
"Responding to Hate at School"
Southern Poverty Law Center�s "Tolerance.org"
http://www.tolerance.org/pdf/rthas.pdf
Take the test for weight bias:
http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/02.html
Naturalistic Weight-Reduction Efforts Prospectively Predict Growth in
Relative Weight and Onset of Obesity Among Female Adolescents
JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGY
http://www.apa.org/journals/ccp/ccp676967.html
Adolescent girls who engage in weight-loss efforts such as dieting, use
of appetite suppressants and laxatives, and vomiting are more likely to gain
weight over time and are at greater risk for the onset of obesity.
Healthy Weight Journal articles
http://www.bcdecker.com and search for
"nutrition" resources, or:
http://www.bcdecker.com/BCDecker/soc3.asp?BJID=3&SelectAtlMediaTypeID=6&SelectAtlSpecialtyID=12&StartPos=1
Radiance Magazine articles about kids:
http://www.radiancemagazine.com/info_support.html
http://www.radiancemagazine.com/kids.htm
A helpful set of citations from Miriam Berg:
"Someone was looking for
the original study in which children of all sizes
had negative reactions to fat children's silhouettes.
I believe the original study was the
1967 Staffieri study. Here is a passage, with footnotes, from Handbook of
Psychotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia edited by David M. Garner and
Paul Garfinkel (1985). The section entitled "Prejudice against Obesity" on pages
520-522 states the following:
Both normal-weight and overweight children describe obese silhouettes as
"stupid," "dirty," "lazy," "sloppy," "mean," "ugly," and "sad," among other
pejorative labels (Allon, 1975; Staffieri, 1967, 1972). Earlier studies
reported that drawings of obese children were evaluated less favorably than
drawings of children who were physically handicapped or disfigured (Goodman,
Dornbusch, Richardson, & Hastorf, 1963; Richardson, Goodman, Hastorf, &
Dornbusch, 1961). Even more incredible is the finding that professionals,
including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, also ranked the
obese figures as less desirable. In a comprehensive review of these and
other studies, O.W. Wooley, Wooley, and Dyrenforth (1979) suggest that
"these prejudices learned in childhood no doubt become the basis for
self-hatred among those who become overweight at later ages, and a source of
anxiety and self-doubt for anyone fearful of becoming overweight" (p.83).
References:
Allon, N. (1975) Latent social services in group dieting. Social Problems,
32, 59-69.
Goodman, N., Dornbusch, S.M., Richardson, S.A., Hastorf, A.H. (1963).
Variant reactions to physical disabilities. American Sociological Review, 28,
429-435.
Richardson, S.A., Goodman, N., Hastorf, A.H., & Dornbusch, S.M. (1961)
Cultural uniformity in relation to physical disabilities. American
Sociological Review, 26, 241-247.
Staffieri, J.R. (1967). A study of social stereotype of body image in
children. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 7, 101-104.
Staffieri, J.R. (1972). Body build and behavior expectancies in young
females. Developmental Psychology 6, 125-127.
Wooley, S., Wooley, O. and Dryenforth, S. (1979). Obesity and women -II. A
neglected feminist topic. Women's Studies International Quarterly, 2, 81-92.
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