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STRESSED youngsters worried about their body image are being offered a helping hand and some useful advice on a ‘crash course for girls’, writes Stan Szecowka.
Places are being snapped up for the one-day session organised by GulfWeekly columnist Alia Almoayed, an acclaimed nutritional therapist, health speaker, consultant, author and health show host.
She promises to share secrets young girls aged between nine to 16 may wish they knew but were too embarrassed to ask on a course which focuses on health and body image.
Alia said: “If you thought growing up was hard, imagine growing up in today’s world where the pressure to look thin is the highest it’s ever been, technology is making us more connected than ever with less communication and human interaction, and our education system is teaching kids everything about everything and yet young ladies still lack basic knowledge about how their body works and how to take care of it.”
The course will tackle
* Body image issues and the influence of friends and media on self-esteem
* Eating healthy in an unhealthy world
* Growing up balanced with enough nutrients for body and mind
* Balanced food for balanced hormones
* Eating well to prevent and address teenage mood swings, headaches and depression
* Managing weight issues the healthy way
* Growing up with healthy skin and hair
Alia, a 36-year-old Bahraini mother-of-three from Hamala, is confident the BD40 course at her base at Riyadat Mall on Wednesday, July 9, will be a ‘gift’ that daughters will thank their parents for one day offering important knowledge about nutrition and health that they ‘will not learn anywhere-else’.
“This knowledge will help her understand her body, learn how to take care of it and best of all spark a good relationship with healthy food,” she said. “This is the course I wish I could have taken at that age.
“It will include everything that I wanted to know and everything that young girls today are too embarrassed to ask. I will personally make sure that girls in this course learn how to love their growing bodies and how to take care of it in order to stay healthy well into adulthood.”
Her aim is to deliver it in a ‘fun’ manner that makes the advice ‘cool’ enough to be implemented. This course, she added, will provide young girls with valuable knowledge and sound advice. It is detailed enough to feed their curiosity and moderate enough for Bahrain’s conservative culture.
“It will also provide an environment where girls feel safe and comfortable to ask questions.” Alia explained. “Growing up should not be hard and complicated. This course is everything you would have wanted to teach your daughter and more.”
Spaces on the course are limited and Alia has been surprised by the overwhelming interest in it.
“I’m only taking 20 girls and so far I’ve already reached half capacity just by announcing it on social media. That’s how bad this is needed here!” she added.
Email info@aliaalmoayed.com for more details and to reserve a place.
