Everybody's Perfect IP

Everybody's Perfect The Everybody's Perfect IP is an interest project from the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey Council.

1. Learn about different eating disorders and their symptoms.
   

2. Make a "me" poster. Include everything you like to do and like about yourself. Share the poster with your peers.
   

3. Learn about the dangers and myths about dieting. Learn about your "set point" and proper eating.
   

4. Attend a workshop about a healthy diet for growing teenage girls. Make a nutritious snack and paly a nutrition game.
   

5. Learn how to handle stress. Try Yoga or meditation. Commit to de-stressing!
   

6. Keep a journal of success and roadblocks. How did you feel?
   

7. Create a "feelings box". Decorate the inside with how you really feel and think. Then cover the outside with what you appear to feel or be to others. Explain the box to your troop.

1. Barbie has been popular for over 50 years, yet her body proportions are unrealistic. Research the influence of media on body image. Discuss you finding with your group.
   

2. Design your own TV or magazine ad that sends a positive message of body image.
   

3. Browse the internet for treatment centers for eating disorders.

1. Create a presentation of posters about eating disorders awareness and prevention and display it at your local library or community center.
   

2. Participate in a letter writing campaign against the distorted portrayal of women in the media.
   

3. Put together a puppet show or play that teaches younger girls about positive body image.

1. Interview a therapist, nurse, psychiatrist, or person who treats eating disorders and learn about her job.
   

2. Find out about types of treatment programs available for those who want help to recover from an eating disorder.
   

3. Read two autobiographies or biographies of women who have worked with eating disorders.

Hunger Pains, Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
Anorexia Nervosa, Patricia Stein, RD, MA and Barbara Unell
Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
The Girl Within, Emily Hancock, Ph.D.
Perfectionism, Miriam Adderholdt-Elliot, Ph.D.
My Body/My Self, Kathy Bowen-Woodward, Ph.D.

Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention (EDAP)
American Anorexia and Bulimia Association (AA/BA)

List of Council's Own Interest Projects

Earned Awards: Council's Own Earned Awards - Juliette's Closet, Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey
Everybody's Perfect IPP