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?