Body image is the picture that you have in your head of what you look like. Your body image is created from a bunch of different things. It’s based on things like what you know from school about health and nutrition, how your relatives look, how your friends and family talk about bodies and all of the images you see on TV and in movies and magazines.

The messages we get about bodies are mixed-up and even disagree with each other. Learning about how to have a healthy body image can help!