Body image is not just a high school issue. It starts younger than most of us realise.

This week on The PDHPE and CAFS Podcast, Kelly Bell sits down with Kate McGill, accredited practising dietitian, body image coach and presenter with the Butterfly Foundation. Kate brings warmth, lived experience and real expertise to a conversation that matters for every classroom, from Kindergarten right through to Year 12.

We talk about how to open up positive, age appropriate conversations about bodies with our youngest students. We unpack why the language we use as teachers matters so much, the everyday phrases that can do quiet harm and how to shift the focus from appearance to what our bodies let us do every day.

You'll hear about:

• How body image develops far earlier than we think and why early conversations matter
• The language traps teachers fall into without meaning to, and how to reframe them
• Why body dissatisfaction affects boys and girls, in the city and the country
• How the new NSW K to 10 PDHPE syllabus gives us common language to teach this well
• Whether you're a primary teacher or a high school PDHPE teacher juggling welfare and wellbeing, this episode will leave you better equipped to support the whole child.