DIETS AND BODY IMAGE

DAY 1: DIETS AND ADVERTISING

BELL WORK

Are skinny people healthier than people who are overweight?

List as many diets as you have heard of and can remember.

DIETS Slim fast Diet Pills Cabbage Soup Weight Watchers Lean Cuisine/Smart

Ones Jenny Craig Nutri-system Physicians’ Weight

Loss Center

Gastric Bypass Surgery

South Beach Adtkins Smooth-Trim Biggest Loser Others?

WHAT DO THEY PROMISE? Lose a significant amount of weight More attractive Long term results – “Keep the weight off” Food is GOOD! (You don’t have to give

anything up…) Fast Easy Change your life for the better…

GIMMICKS

Doctor recommended Bathing suits Food looks good Before/After Photos Dramatic success story Celebrities Cut the cost Happier/great time/slogan

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR…

Too good to be true (exaggerations) Small print and fast talk (*results may vary,

results not typical, with use of diet and exercise)

Cost Side effects

FOR EXAMPLE… Undigested fat cannot

be absorbed and passes through the body naturally. The excess fat is not harmful.

You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work

ADVERTISEMENT PROMISES ACTIVITY…

What is the product that is being sold? Who are they selling the product to

(target audience)? What promises are they making? What gimmicks are they using?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJjVvA9ijLw

WHAT REALLY WORKS?

The only guaranteed way to lose weight healthfully and safely, is to reduce the

amount of calories taken into the body and increase activity levels.

FOOD MODIFICATIONS

Food Modification or Substitute

Reduces

Butter – Baking

Milk

Salad Dressing

Eggs

Sour cream, cream cheese, etc.

Sausage or Bacon

Potato Chips

DAY 2: BODY IMAGE

BELL WORK

1. What is “body image”?

2. What do you think the expression “distorted body image” means?

3. Where do you think we get our “body image” from?

BODY IMAGE IS THE WAY YOU SEE AND FEEL ABOUT YOUR BODY.

Realistic Body Image Unrealistic or Distorted Body

Image

PERFECTION…

Boys Girls

PERFECT PERSON CREATION

http://www.morphthing.com/morph

REFLECTION

Is everyone’s picture the same? Did you use one person or multiple people

to create the “perfect person”? Why? Do you think these expectations are

reasonable? Where do you think we get these messages

about what “IS” and “IS NOT” acceptable? What possible consequences could occur is

someone is constantly trying to live up to these standards?

DAY 3: MEDIA AND BODY IMAGE

BELL WORK

What message do you think the media is trying to send young people about how they should look? (Think of specific examples of how these messages are sent – commercials, shows, magazines, etc.)

Why do you think the media is so influential?

BARBIE AND KEN

http://www.johnriviello.com/bodyimage/barbie.html

THE BEGINNING OF PHOTO EDITING

Abe Lincoln Senator John C. Calhoun

HISTORY REWRITES ITSELF

PHOTOSHOP

What is it? How often is it done? How do you feel about it? Do you think it is

misleading?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP31r70_QNM

MEDIA – DECEPTION

Before After

MEDIA – DECEPTION

Before After

MEDIA - DECEPTION

After Before

THE CONTROVERSY

OOPS! THEY WENT TOO FAR…

MODEL FIRED FOR BEING TOO OVERWEIGHT

Before After Photoshop

http://www.iwanexstudio.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epOg1nWJ4T8

REFLECTION

Were you surprised by what you saw today? If so,

what surprised you? If not, why do you think you

were prepared for this?

How did it make you feel? (Sad, frustrated, etc.)

Why?

Do you think we can ever change the perceptions of

beauty? Why or why not? If yes, how?

Do you think we should put restrictions on how

much the media can alter photos? Why or why not?