Nonverbal Communication

Nonverbal Communication (Dr. Aitken) 1

Nonverbal Communication

What do people communicate through their body image and what they eat?


Annual Americans Spending

One million Americans spend $8.4 billion on cosmetic surgery.

$40 billion this year to lose weight. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2336600558881506299&q=abc+news&hl=en

Weight loss industry $48.8 billion. Diet soft drinks $14.86 billion. Health clubs $13.52 billion. The commercial weight loss centers category 1.2

billion.

Source: October 2002 report from Marketdata Enterprises."http://www.jennycraig.com/corporate/news/industry_fact_sheet.asp


Bulimia Nervosa: Recurrent episodes of binge eating.


Anorexia Nervosa: Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height.



Magazines and celebrity weeklies and fashion magazines often focus on weight issues or feature ultra-thin celebrities and models.


What is average body?

-The average U.S. woman is 5’4” and weighs 140 pounds. In contrast the average U.S. model is 5’11” and weighs 117 pounds.

-Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today she weighs 23% less.


Eating disorders affect men and women

Ideals promoted by media.

Sport that demands thinness.

Job or profession that demands thinness.

Culture fixated on diets and physical appearance is also a risk factor.

LINK: www.films.com/id/4589/Body_Image_for_Boys.htm


Kate Moss

Kate Moss is 5’7” and weights 95 pounds. That is 30% below ideal body weight.

(Source: CNN)


I’ve always thought Marilyn Monroe looked fabulous, but I’d kill myself if I was that fat.”-

Elizabeth Hurley, Model/Actress (Source: Allure)


Television and Movies: Actresses often seem to “shrink” before our eyes depending on their level of fame.

The more famous, the thinner person becomes.


"What's most shocking about this trend. . .

is that you have young girls with normal figures who start to lose weight after they become famous and achieve a certain level of awareness in Hollywood."

-Danielle Stern, associate editor for Radar, a

New York-based pop-culture magazine.


“To the fashion industry, it’s not sexy to be a size 8.”

“It’s sexy to be a size 2 and a size 4 and these girls have got to fit into sample sizes. They want to wear the beautiful gowns on the red carpet and those don’t come in the double digits. Those come in the very small, small single digits. They have to be a glorified hanger, that’s it. Liv Tyler is considered humongous in Hollywood. It’s unfortunate, but it’s true.”

- Lola Ogunnaike, The New York Times


79% of teenage girls who vomit and 73% of teenage girls who use diet pills are frequent readers of women’s magazines.

(Source: University of Michigan)


Half of teenage girlsOne-third of teenage boys

adopt unhealthy weight-control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives.

(Source: ABC News)


What do Pro-Ana or Pro-Mia or Pro-Ed sites do?

Anti-recovery How to “Thinspiration”

Kids Getting 'Thinspiration' From Dangerously Skinny Stars ABC News video http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/story?id=2182068&page=1


Recovery

20% of people with serious eating disorders die prematurely.

With treatment, 2-3% die

Anorexia recovery takes an average of 3-

7 years


What not to do or say

“Would you just eat already??” Why are you doing this to me?

Never criticize or shame. Don't waste time trying to reassure your

friend that s/he is not fat. S/he will not be convinced.

Don't be a food monitor. Never nag, plead, beg, bribe, threaten or

manipulate. NOVA http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/program.html


Discussion

What do you notice first about another person?

What is the media’s responsibility where body image is concerned?

What is the responsibility of celebrities? What are some examples of a healthy body

image being promoted? How successfully do we communicate through

our body image?


What do you communicate through what you eat?

What would you eat at a job interview over lunch?


What would you wear to a job interview?


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