Weight status and body image perceptions in adolescents: current perspectives

BDD has been called "imagined ugliness" because the appearance issues the person is obsessing about usually are so small that others don't even notice them. Self-esteem is important because feeling good about yourself can affect your mental health and how you behave. Continued Certain aspects of sports programs can offer parents clues about whether they are prone to boost or lower their daughters' self-esteem. In reality, the more someone performs compulsions or avoids things, the stronger the pattern of obsessions, compulsions, and avoidance becomes. But they need guidance on how to use them.