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The urge to diet or engage in other behaviours to change your size, shape or weight is almost always prompted by feeling dissatisfied with your body.

Your body image is how you think and feel about your body. Although traditionally thought of as a women's health concern, body image issues can affect men and people of all ages and genders.

A negative body image increases the risk of engaging in unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, such as dieting or restrictive eating, overexercising and other disordered eating or weight control behaviours.

Give your child opportunities to appreciate their body for what it can do, rather than what it looks like.

Boys’ bodies come in all shapes and sizes. As you get older and go through puberty, you will become more aware of your body and how it compares with others.

Puberty is a time when your body goes through lots of changes. For girls, puberty usually starts between the ages of 8 and 13, and lasts a few years.

Young people have to work through a broad range of issues as they move from childhood to adulthood.

This page explores both the gendered and biological aspects of women’s sexuality and sexual pleasure.

Always see your doctor if you are concerned about your child's growth or weight

Puberty is a time of great change for a young person and their parents.