Body Shaming

From the Set Coping

The experience of being body shamed can be painful and humiliating for adolescents. Today, young people sometimes feel like they're under siege from shaming--at school, online, even from their own family members. Body shaming has been linked with eating disorders and psychological issues. This informative and timely title describes the issue and provides a toolkit of actions and ideas that can help teens cope with body shaming. Savvy teens can learn to recognize and resist the unrealistic body ideals perpetuated by social media and the fashion industry and cultivate a positive and accepting attitude toward their own bodies.

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Interest Level Grade 7 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 6
Dewey Number 606
Lexile
ATOS Reading Level
Guided Reading Level Z
Language English
Publisher Rosen Publishing
Format Reinforced book
ISBN 9781499473636
Copyright 2023
Number of Pages 80
Dimensions 6 x 9
Graphics Full-color photographs

Coping - Booklist

These offerings in the Coping series serve as replacements for Rosen’s 2017 series on helping young adults deal with various physical, mental, and societal challenges. All titles offer balanced information and supply facts, statistics, and case studies to present straightforward definitions, examples, social and cultural considerations, legalities, and potential long-term consequences of conditions left unaddressed. Threads consistent throughout the series include empathy, acceptance, and reassuring exhortations to seek help, whether for personal need or as a concerned upstander. Contact information for helplines and other resources are embedded within text passages and appear in back-matter resource lists. Chapters and subheadings are set off by colorful graphics; full-color photos or sidebars appear on almost every page. Some updated material is obvious. Gender Dysphoria refers to amended language in the American Psychological Association’s definition of gender dysphoria, published in 2022. Opioid Abuse refers to 2021 statistics on fentanyl usage. Racial Inequality considers several contemporary topics, including the uptick in attacks on Asian Americans in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s difficult to pinpoint new material in Stress, but, as with the other offerings, the photos seem fresh and the contact information current. The lack of notes or references limits these titles as research tools, but their important role in getting accurate and reaffirming information and crucial lifelines to teens in crisis cannot be denied.

Author: Rose McCarthy