Body Image: A Reality Check
- ISBN-10
- 0894909606
- ISBN-13
- 9780894909603
- Series
- Body Image
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Enslow Pub Incorporated
- Author
- Pamela Shires Sneddon
Description
Discusses the problems with body image, the reasons why some people have a poor body image, and how self-perception and self-acceptance are affected by society.
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