Want to help children feel better about their bodies but not sure where to start? Here are three things any school can check this week, with no budget needed: the staffroom, what gets praised, and what’s on the walls.

Anti-Bullying Week 2026’s theme is “Break the Silence”. On Tuesday 17th November we’re running a 45-minute online CPD session to give educators practical tools for leading respectful classroom conversations on body respect, with confidence.

The Body Happy Org has contributed to a new Centre for Social Justice report, which reveals we are raising a ‘bedroom generation’ of inactive teenagers who are spending most of their free time in their rooms, cut off from activities that are proven to help them thrive. At the heart of this is a lack of confidence and self-esteem and negative body image. Things that some joyful movement could help to fix.

For the first time in a decade the government has introduced new school food standards. But while the potential health benefits of the new rules are already being applauded, are we overlooking the damage that this could do to children’s relationship with food and their bodies?

As children settle back into school life, our PhD researcher Lulu Tacconelli is thinking about what can make the adjustment to a new year even harder. One of the toughest challenges is socioeconomic disadvantage, which has a big part to play when it comes to body image too.

It’s that time of year, when school uniform is everywhere. Shop windows, ads, discounts and school WhatsApp chats are all screaming the same thing - this is what you need to buy and you need to buy it here and NOW! But are we missing something when we do the dreaded back to school shop? Are you thinking about body respect?

As September rolls around, the back to school machine is once again whirring into action and bringing it with it all the usual stresses. Uniform, stationery, school dinners, a new class and different teachers can all cause concern and upheaval for parents and pupils alike. But have you thought about body respect?

To mark Pride Month, our PhD researcher Lulu Tacconelli talks about the unique challenges the trans and gender diverse population faces when it comes to body image, what we can all do to help and why this was a hard diary entry to write…

In the first in a series of PhD diaries, our researcher Lulu Tacconelli explains why our Body Happy research is just as important as our programmes. And why they wanted to be involved in this valuable work 

We are thrilled to welcome Mohamed Abdallah as the newest Body Happy Org board member. Having spent over 22 years working to create genuine belonging for children in schools, Mohamed knows that body respect sits at the very heart of that work.

How our community programme in Plymouth is changing the way people of all ages think about their bodies and each other.

When the Body Happy Org was invited to the APPG for Eating Disorders Education Round Table at Westminster, we knew we couldn’t do it alone. The whole point of our work is the young people at the centre of it, so we brought them with us.

On Sunday morning, more than 50,000 runners will run the London Marathon. They will come in every shape, every size and every age. Some will be chasing a personal best. Others will simply be chasing the finish line. It is a joyful but much-needed reminder that you don’t have to look a certain way to take part in sport.

The Guardian reported that almost half of primary school teachers said they had observed children showing signs of an eating disorder in the past year. The findings, from a National Education Union poll showed that figure rises to 78% at secondary level. So why is prevention not a priority?

We're gathering lived experience stories from people whose time in education shaped their experience of an eating disorder. If that's you, we want to hear from you ahead of the APPG on Eating Disorders' Education Round Table at Westminster in April 2026.

Community begins with conversation. In partnership with South Yorkshire Eating Disorders Association (SYEDA), we’re exploring why opening up age-appropriate, thoughtful discussions about bodies and wellbeing in primary schools is an important part of prevention.

Eating disorder prevention isn’t the responsibility of one sector alone. This Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we’re reflecting on why community must include collaboration - and why building classroom cultures of body respect is a vital part of prevention.

We’ve launched the Body Happy School Library Appeal to help place inclusive, confidence-building books into schools and communities. Donate a title and help expand access to stories that support belonging, empathy and body respect.

We’re inviting schools to express interest in a funded research partnership with the University of Lincoln exploring whole-school approaches to body respect. Participating schools receive fully funded access to the Body Happy Schools Programme while contributing to national evidence-building around prevention and inclusion.

Our sense of belonging has a vital impact on health and wellbeing, whether that’s at home, school or within friendships – and body respect has a huge part to play. Which is why we’ve created new teaching resources, together with the Story Project, to mark Children’s Mental Health Week this week.

In collaboration with The Story Project