There is no doubt that low body confidence is damaging people’s lives. Research continually shows it affects everyone – all ages, both sexes – and perhaps most importantly, it starts young.
Time and time again we hear our members, who represent all sectors of education including state-funded and independent, from nursery to higher education, report that they are seeing increasing concern among young people about their body image.
They have even reported children as young as four talking about being fat.
Society is placing pressure on young people to conform to unrealistic expectations about body image. And we can see the results of this in the classroom. Many young people have such low self-esteem that they are not able to enjoy their time at school or reach their full academic potential.
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