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By: Kelsey Kernstine
It s the heat of the summer and surviving bathing suit season can be harder on some of us.
For parents, it’s important to realize how talking about the perfect summer body can affect children s own body image.
Dr. Maria Trapp with OU Health said body dysmorphia gets deeply entrenched into people, especially if gets started and taught at a young age. If we think negatively about ourselves that permeates most of what we feel about other areas of ourselves,” Trapp said.
It very important that a parent speaks to themselves in a healthy way, because research shows that children as young as 3 are aware of their own body image, Trapp said.