CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -While body image concerns affect both boys and girls, research suggests that girls are more likely to be dissatisfied with their appearance and their weight than boys (24, 25). In our survey, 46% of girls reported that their body image causes them to worry ‘often’ or ‘always’ compared to 25% of boys.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gender: Research consistently reports that girls and women experience body dissatisfaction more frequently than boys and men.

Detailed explanation-3: -A number of factors combine to influence the development of sex differences, including genetics and epigenetics; differences in brain structure and function; hormones, and socialization.

Detailed explanation-4: -The differences between the sexes in body composition are well known: males typically have proportionately more muscle mass, more bone mass, and a lower percentage of body fat than women.