Healthy Body Guidelines

Healthy Body Guidelines
There are some guidelines that health care professionals have developed to help laypeople understand what a healthy body should be like. The most commonly used methods of defining a healthy body are through height/weight ranges, body mass index level and muscle-to-fat ratio.

The Importance of a Healthy Body Image

It is important for teens to be encouraged to develop healthy attitudes toward their bodies. Teens should be taught that the ideal body is a healthy body.
All body types are beautiful. The only time teens should worry about their body is when it is unhealthy. Teens should be taught that obesity is unhealthy but not ugly. They should be reminded that skinny bodies can be unhealthy too. By focusing more on health and less on looks teens can see their bodies in a whole new light.