Resources and Stories

As children return to classrooms this September, body image remains one of the most overlooked barriers to learning. More than half of young people feel unhappy with their bodies – a factor that undermines confidence, attendance, attainment, and safeguarding. Our new impact report shows how a whole-school approach can shift culture: from staff confidence rising from 57% to 90% after training, to pupils reporting stronger respect and reduced appearance-based bullying. It’s time to make body respect part of the foundations of education.

Discover what body respect means, why it matters in schools, and how it links to student wellbeing, inclusion and educational outcomes.

Hi, my name is Georgia and I’m a nutrition student currently on a placement with Body Happy Org. I was diagnosed with autism as an adult, which impacted my interoception at a young age, as I did not fully understand my body or senses.  In this blog, I will describe positive strategies and solutions to help encourage change in how we understand neurodiversity in schools, providing inclusive spaces to enable everyone to practice embodiment.

Hi, my name is Georgia and I’m a nutrition student currently on a placement with Body Happy Org. I was diagnosed with autism as an adult, which impacted my experience of interoception and embodiment at a young age. In this blog post I’m exploring how this experience can impact the school setting for students, and how systemic factors can lead to some students missing out because of this.

Hi, my name is Georgia and I’m a nutrition student currently on a placement with Body Happy Org. I was diagnosed with autism as an adult, which impacted my interoception at a young age, as I did not fully understand my body or senses. In this blog post I’ll be exploring some of the challenges of embodiment and interoception, which are two key themes in conversations around body image.

30 workshops, six days and nearly 1000 students. The KS3 workshop phase of our whole school pilots is complete!

Behind the scenes from our first ever in-person Team Day.

We’re proud to share that Every Body - written by our founder and Executive Director Molly Forbes - has been shortlisted in the Wellbeing category of The Week Junior Book Awards 2025!

Fully funded body respect education for Devon schools is now available until the end of December, via our partnership with Devon County Council. Find out more here.

What happens when your favourite celebrity’s body changes? In this post we’re exploring the impact of pressure from media on celebrities' bodies and how it can influence young people and our culture. This post is written from the perspective of a young person, by Georgia Buckle who’s currently completing a student placement with us.

A little behind the scenes update and a reflection on a whirlwind year for The Body Happy Organisation, from our founder and Executive Director, Molly Forbes

We’ve teamed up with award winning bullying prevention charity Kidscape for Children’s Mental Health Week, to discuss the link between body respect, bullying and mental health. If your child is experiencing appearance-related bullying, here’s what you can do about it.

We're jumping on the end of year round-up bandwagon to reflect on some of our wins of 2024. It's been a big year and a lot has been going on behind the scenes. Read on for some of our milestones this year - including an incredibly exciting opportunity you might like to apply for!

Avoid common body image pressure points with your kids this Halloween and follow this guidance for a body positive celebration.

The Body Happy Organisation CIC has been named as one of the Fair Education Alliance Innovation Awards winners, offering us access to an incredible programme of support and funding over the next academic year.

Every Body has been awarded Highly Commended in the Teach Primary Award 2024!

How to teach healthy eating without the side of diet culture - read about the brand new food positive healthy eating educational resources from our multidisciplinary team of experts.

Why positive body esteem in children and young people is a collective responsibility issue, and what we can do about it. More on our approach to positive body image at Body Happy Org CIC.

How we choose to raise our children will always be a contentious topic. How we choose to feed our children equally so. But what about how we teach children about food, health and healthy eating? Surely this is pretty black and white – eat your greens and sugar is bad, right?

Actually, there’s way more to it than this when it comes to teaching children about nutrition, diet and health – let’s get into it.

Explore the link between body image and puberty, along with resources to help support your tween and teen to have a healthy relationship with their body during this phase, with this explainer from nutritionist Jennifer Nash.

Using media literacy as a tool to help promote positive body image in children and young people.

Find out why body image is a barrier to participation in sport and PE for children and young people, and what you can do about it. By Jennifer Nash.

A new book for readers age 9+, by The Body Happy Organisation’s founder, Molly Forbes

Did you know that if you don’t want your child to be weighed at school as part of the National Child Measurement Programme, then you need to opt them out? Here nutritionist Jennifer Nash and Body Happy Org’s founder Molly Forbes share some information about the programme that will help you make an informed decision about whether to allow your child to take part.

What is body image and why does it matter? Nutritionist Jennifer Nash shares some background, with input from the wider team at The Body Happy Organisation.

An in-depth look at our newly updated Upper KS2 body image scheme of work, for children aged 9 to 11.

Nutritionist Jennifer Nash unpicks what “healthy eating” actually is and how we can reframe it through a lens of posiitve body image and eating disorder prevention.

What is diet culture and how does it effect children and young people? Nutritionist Jennifer Nash unpicks this subject, with help from the wider team at The Body Happy Organisation.