Body Image Worksheet (Free PDF)
If you’re looking for a body image worksheet that’s practical, supportive and easy to use, this free printable body image PDF is designed to help young people build a healthier relationship with their body. It can be used in schools (PSHE, tutor time, mentoring, wellbeing groups), at home, or as part of early intervention support.
This worksheet focuses on confidence, self-esteem and reducing appearance-based comparison especially online. It avoids weight-focused messaging and instead supports body respect, self-kindness and critical thinking.
What is a Body Image Worksheet?
A body image worksheet is a guided activity that helps young people notice what affects how they feel about their appearance and practise healthier ways of responding. Positive body image isn’t about loving how you look every day; it’s about understanding that self-worth doesn’t depend on appearance.
What’s included in this printable body image worksheet (PDF)?
This body image worksheet PDF includes short activities and reflection prompts from the JenUp Body Image Toolkit.
1) Create a healthier relationship with your body
Four simple prompts help students step back from harsh self-judgement and build body respect:
- Finesse that Feed: curate a feed that’s inspiring, not intimidating
- Grill those “goals”: challenge unrealistic comparisons and remember genetics/bone structure
- Munch and Move On: reduce guilt after eating and move away from “one meal ruined everything” thinking
- Befriend your Body: practise speaking to yourself with the fairness you’d offer a friend
2) Social media: stop comparison, start critical thinking
Students use five questions to critique an Instagram-style image and reduce the impact of posed, filtered or edited content (angles, lighting, post-workout images, editing apps, and selecting the “best” shot).
3) Thoughts, feelings and actions (a simple wellbeing tool)
A clear model shows how a trigger can lead to a thought, feeling and action — and how changing the thought can lead to a safer response. The example includes a peer skipping a meal and how to reframe this into concern and support rather than guilt or restriction.
4) Body image homework (confidence-building tasks)
Practical tasks help students build identity beyond appearance, including:
- listing talents and character strengths
- practising compliments that focus on qualities, not looks
- noting what their body does for them daily (function over appearance)
Who is this body image worksheet for?
- Young people: to build confidence, reduce comparison, and feel more at home in themselves
- Schools: a simple resource for PSHE, tutor time, mentoring and wellbeing support
When to get extra support
If body image concerns are affecting a young person’s day-to-day life (mood, friendships, attendance, concentration, or eating patterns), it’s important to seek support early. In schools, follow safeguarding/pastoral procedures and involve the appropriate lead where needed.
FAQs
Is this body image worksheet printable?
Yes, it’s a printable body image PDF designed for easy use at school or home.
What age is this body image worksheet for?
It’s best suited to secondary age and older, and can be adapted for younger groups with support.
Does it include social media and comparison?
Yes, it includes prompts to critique Instagram-style photos and build critical thinking to reduce comparison.
Is this a therapy resource?
This is an early-intervention and wellbeing worksheet. If concerns feel serious or escalating, seek specialist support and follow school procedures.
Download the JenUp Body Image Worksheet
Looking for more support in school? We also deliver body image workshops for students, eating disorder awareness training for school staff, and parent workshops on body image.
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