our first Tier 2 intervention program
body bop program
Six weeks of small-group support, in person at your school, for Years 8–10 students showing early signs of struggle with their body image or relationship with food.
how body bop fits in your school
Tier 1 · every student
Our whole-cohort student programs give every student in the year level the foundations for a joyful relationship with food and their body.
Tier 2 · the students who need more
Body Bop, our first Tier 2 intervention program, is six weeks of small-group support for students showing early signs of struggle.
Body Bop works alongside your school's existing wellbeing team. You identify the students who may benefit from early support. We provide Body Bop, the six-week small-group experience, practical learning, reflection and support. Together, we monitor student needs and identify when additional support or referral may be appropriate.
what your teens will learn in the program
week 1 intro to body image
week 2 unpacking our influencers
week 3 hunger, puberty & nutrition
week 4 ADDing in more and cooking
week 5 how we feel about food
week 6 body celebration
what’s included in the program
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community support
Parents are provided with weekly updates and are encouraged to reach out to Gel for extra support.
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video content
Families get access to fun & engaging videos about nutrition, intuitive eating and body celebration.
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wellbeing support
Gel works alongside the wellbeing team to organise referrals for students that need extra support beyond the scope of the program.
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cook alongs
Students learn how to create easy meals and snacks that they can bring to school.
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individual reflection
Students are provided with their own journal at the start of the program to encourage self-reflection.
the evidence from 2026
Around a third of Australian adolescents (31.6%) engage in disordered eating behaviours, such as restrictive dieting, in any given year.
Body Bop ran three times in 2026. Each iteration used an anonymous pre- and post-program survey incorporating the full Body Appreciation Scale-2 and an adapted Intuitive Eating Scale-2. The strongest gains were in trusting the body’s hunger, fullness and food cues, and in connecting food choices to how the body feels.
Body Bop builds on our Tier 1 whole-cohort sessions, where 85% of students said they felt inspired to appreciate their body after our session in 2026.
Prevalence figure: National Eating Disorders Collaboration, citing Sparti et al. (2019), International Journal of Eating Disorders. Our 2026 Body Bop evaluation summary is available on request.
hear it from body bop students and parents
your facilitator
I’m Gel, a Registered Clinical Nutritionist (BHSc) and the founder of This is Your Body. I run every Body Bop session myself, working alongside your school’s wellbeing team.
It is my role to listen and learn from you and your students so I can understand their challenges, concerns, and the areas that they would like support. Throughout the program I work collaboratively with the wellbeing team to ensure they are across conversations we’re having in the sessions. I also interact with parents weekly to support them in continuing the conversation at home.
ready to add Body Bop to your 2027 wellbeing program?
Let’s bop on a call so I can learn more about your school community.
FAQs
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Body Bop is for students in Years 8–10 who are showing early signs of struggle with their body image or relationship with food. You might notice a student:
Becoming increasingly concerned about their body or appearance
Developing rigid or anxious attitudes around foods
Experiencing food guilt/food noise
Withdrawing from meals or snacks with friends
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The wellbeing team work in conjunction with the year level co-ordinators to identify students in Years 8–10 that have shown signs of struggle with their relationship with food and their body. These students are then invited to be part of the program.
If the student consents to being involved, the wellbeing team contact the young person’s family and let them know.
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This program is designed for a small group of up to 10 students.
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In addition to the in-person group sessions, students and their parent are also able to reach out to Gel via email if they have further questions or queries.
No two families are the same so we make sure each person feels cared for and appreciated for their unique self!
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At This is Your Body our focus is creating sustainable and enjoyable nutrition practices for young people so you will definitely not find any meal plans here! What your young people WILL get are loads of recipes and two cook alongs included as part of the program to inspire them to get messy and creative in the kitchen!
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Gel is a Clinical Nutritionist (BHSc) registered with the Australasian Association & Register of Practicing Nutritionists. She is also in the process of completing additional training in the area of eating disorders under the guidance of Registered Dietitian, Fiona Sutherland.
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Wanting to be ‘skinny’ and wanting to be ‘healthy’ are two very very different things.
The health industry is hung up on the view that being skinny is the ticket to health and it couldn’t be further from the truth. We all are biochemically unique, which means that all our bodies are going to look, move and feel different. Our DNA is our genetic blueprint. It determines characteristics like our eye colour, hair colour, whether we have curly hair or straight hair. It also determines our weight and height. Even if your teen ate the same foods, did the same amount of exercise, used the same products and got the same amount of sleep as their best friend, the physical and psychological outcome would be completely different.
It is important that our teens learn to value their health over their physical experience. Research has shown that when young people shift the focus from their ‘weight’ to their ‘health’ they are more likely to:
Maintain relatively stable growth and development.
Move their body in a way that is enjoyable (not focusing on changing their body).
Be in tune with their bodies need for rest, comfort, healthcare and movement.
Have high self-esteem
Prioritise getting enough food over having to get “healthy” foods.
Have lower rates of disordered eating and eating disorders.
Collectively, these behaviours move your young person away from diet culture and towards a life where they can feel proud of and appreciate the body they’re in!
student programs
Body Bop builds on our whole-cohort student programs, the Tier 1 foundation for every student in the year level.