Dr. Charlotte Markey: ...that the shape of your body does not define who you are

Nobody Told Me!

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Many women feel stress about their body image. It's an issue that can start at a young age. Pre-teen and teenage girls are among the most concerned demographic groups when it comes to worrying about how their bodies look. Our guest on this episode is Rutgers University Psychology Professor Dr. Charlotte Markey, who’s an expert in the psychology of body image. Dr. Markey is the author of several books on the topic, including her latest, "The Body Image Book for Girls: Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless". Her website is https://thebodyimagebookforgirls.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:12.0	I'm Laura Owens and I'm Jan Black.
0:14.0	As a mother-daughter duo, we're well aware that preteen and teenage girls are among the most concerned demographic groups when it comes to worrying about how their bodies look.
0:23.6	Our guest on this episode is Rutgers University psychology professor, Dr. Charlotte Markey, who's an expert in the psychology of body image.
0:32.6	Dr. Markey is the author of several books on the topic, including her latest, The Body Image Book for Girls,
0:38.4	Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless. Dr. Markey, thank you so much for joining us. It's a pleasure
0:43.8	to be here. At what age do girls begin to become aware of their physical appearance and perhaps
0:50.5	self-conscious about it? You know, it starts much earlier than most people realize.
0:55.2	The first research study I ever did was looking at five-year-old girls, and we found that about
1:01.6	20% of them were expressing some dissatisfaction with their bodies. It really starts to take off,
1:07.8	though, this concern during puberty, So during the tween and teen years.
1:12.3	And obviously, we are dealing with a whole new world here with quarantining and girls going to
1:18.9	school online rather than in person. It was so surprising to read from a recent study from the
1:24.4	University of Missouri, where it said that girls have been so stressed out
1:27.8	about weight gain that 40% of those surveyed would rather get COVID-19 than gain 25 pounds.
1:34.3	Is that very surprising to you? Or from your research, is that kind of what you would expect?
1:39.4	Yeah, sadly, I think it's not totally surprising. That research looked at young adults, so kind of college
1:45.2	aged a little bit older. And part of what's going on, of course, is just that that age groups
1:50.3	doesn't feel the same level of risk, and they aren't actually at the same level of risk
1:55.8	in terms of life and death concerns regarding COVID. But it also is really a manifestation of just fat
2:02.1	phobia in our society. What would you advise people of parents of teens and preteen girls
2:08.8	if they have put on weight during the quarantine? What would you advise them to do to deal with
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