Gay, Kathlyn.

Body image and appearance : the ultimate teen guide / Kathlyn Gay. - Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009. - 151 p. ; ill. ; 27 cm. - It happened to me ; No. 26 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A look in the mirror -- What is the ideal body? -- Bodybuilding and muscularity -- Shaping up via surgery -- Weight bias -- Don't short change me! -- Dwarfs are not freaks -- Disfigurement and body image -- Matters of acceptable appearance -- Confronting height, weight, and appearance discrimination -- Reality check.

ISBN: 9780810866454 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780810866461 (ebook)

LCCN: 2009018469

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Body image in adolescence.
Teenagers--Psychology.

LC Class. No.: BF724.3.B55 / G39 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4/613