Designing a Body Image Health Campaign
Transfer-Encoding: chunked Body Image Health Campaign Body image refers to our idea of how our body looks and how we think it is seen by others. This can include our opinions and feelings about our height, weight, shape, skin, colour, and our appearance. Body image is influenced by culture and society because our values and attitudes toward our bodies are formed by the cultural group and society, we are living in. Body image can have severe implications for people’s emotional and physical well-being, and it’s a vital part of children age eleven and twelve development. Research has linked body discontent with grave mental health problems, including eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression. These mental health problems greatly affect preteens. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression/index.shtml (accessed on 28/10/2015) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950124/ (accessed on 28/10/2015) http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/body-imagethe-body-image-we-see-and-feelthe-body-image-we-see-and-feelw (accessed on 28/10/2015) https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2015/accentuate-the-positive-rhythm-and-blues.shtml http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2010/2010dittberners.pdf (accessed on 28/10/2015) Aim My aim is to educate young females and males that have just started secondary education into valuing their body. This is because
Evaluation of my Body Image Health Campaign
Transfer-Encoding: chunked Impact on Audience My health campaign had a positive impact on my target audience because they were able to learn about factors that can influence their views on body shape and how to value themselves. At the start of my health campaign, my target audience were insecure and unaware of the impact it can have on their development. I used the results of the planning questionnaire to get an indication of what my target audience had thought about themselves before I carried out my health campaign in order to compare and contrast the results of my feedback questionnaire. The graph above shows that the health campaign was useful because there were less insecurity than I discovered in the planning questionnaire. There were 81 pupils that were insecure in the planning questionnaire. The number reduced in the feedback questionnaire to 12. This is a massive improvement because it showed that my health campaign had a positive impact on my target audience. My teachers and head of sixth form had praised me on the success of the campaign. I had also changed their views on body image issues. Majority of them didn’t see it as a major problem due to students not being open orally. This is the reason why I had chosen to do a questionnaire rather than an interview. It is easier for pupils to be open and express their concerns in a written form because interviews
bMany women regardless of nationality or age contain negative body image and if they do not develop healthier body image, they will suffer physically and emotionally. How bad is our negative body image?
Body image by HyeYoung Byun Some deny it, some may not show, but we all know that every woman is self-conscious about her body and want to fix it. How often do you look yourself in a mirror and imagine how good you would look if you lost ten pounds? It is either that your butt is too big or too small, or your waist is too thick, your legs look like tree trunks, or your nose is too high or flat, your eyes are too small or your skin is oily and the list seems endless. The heroin chic is on trend, where a person is too skinny she looks to be involved in heroin abuse. Recently, a 22 year old woman Luisa Ramos died of heart failure from Anorexia Nervosa. Actresses and models are becoming younger, thinner and taller. Media knows that we have low self-esteem so they attack us, women of all ages. Many women regardless of nationality or age contain negative body image and if they do not develop healthier body image, they will suffer physically and emotionally. How bad is our negative body image? During childhood, we grow up, looking at Barbie dolls, which is too skinny in size that if she were made into living person, her back would be too weak to support her upper body, and her body would be too narrow to contain only than half of a liver and only a few centimeters of bowel. When we grow older, we watch makeup and beauty product ads that contain models that are severely underweight.
The perception of the perfect body image
The Perception of the Perfect Body Beautiful A young woman with her back towards the executive producer walks into an audition. Her long, blonde, bouncy hair, and luxurious choice of designer clothing makes the producers anxious to see if their "star" has walked in through the door. The air of anticipation is of great magnitude. The beauty uses her light, elegant feet and turns herself around to see a look of ghastly horror swipe across the faces of the producers. So rapid but intense was there glaring stare of disgust and contempt. Yet again she had been judged, her nose ring protruded at the side of her right nostril, her eyebrow bar glinting off the light. Her tattoos covering both forearms and the scar of her childhood burn down the left side of her face where the bath had been too hot. Her hair balding at the front as the result of Leukaemia. A disease she had only learnt to cope with. Yet the look of dismay that could not be hidden brought a tension and it rippled through the air, as the faint sound of a tear droplet hits the wooden floor... Nowadays every woman endures many predicaments. This is not our fault; this example of a young woman not only feeling worthless but also being bullied with an air of prejudice against her looks is disgraceful. Her feeling off self worth wallowing into nothing. She may not be considered beautiful in the media's world. But in God's
How Media, Advertising and Celebrity Culture Affects Female Body Image
Research Project Kayleigh Giles-Johnson How Media, Advertising and Celebrity Culture Affects Female Body Image In this essay we will be exploring the subject of body image, looking at which outside influences contribute to the high rate of body dissatisfaction from both psychological and sociological viewpoints, taking into account a range of evidence varying from statistics to studies in order to draw a conclusion. Firstly we will define the meaning of body image and look at the way in which the ideal has changed in recent years, before analysing the effects of media, advertising and the accompanying celebrity culture on body dissatisfaction in females. I will then apply this information in order to explain why it is that some people suffer body image related mental illnesses such as anorexia, bulimia and body dysmorphia. Body image refers to an individual’s own perception of the aesthetics and sexual attractiveness of their own body and facial features. The ideal has changed over the years with the preference of modern culture being a slender, toned figure and delicate, symmetrical features. In the 1800’s the idealised form was still voluptuous and plump, as we can see from some of the art from that time, for example in Renoir’s Blonde Bather of 1881 (Plate 1). The idealisation of
Gender and body image - Looking at women and men through the life course.
Gender and body image Looking at women and men through the life course. Throughout our lives we are governed by how we look and act according to society. One of the main leaders throughout history has been which sex a person belongs to. This governs our every aspect in life from a baby, through to adulthood. Opinion changes constantly to whether children should live a certain way and especially act certain ways at different ages and stages throughout life. We are socially constructed from the start of our lives, if a baby wears blue or pink determines societys view of how to treat the child and most importantly whether it is male of female. We are judged in our abilities and skills just by from which sex we belong to. It is one of the most influential factors in life, being male or female. I will be looking at the perceived differences between males and female body image and actions throughout the life cycle, from birth through to old age. One of the first things we notice about a person is which sex they belong to. Today due to changes in societies impressions and opinions on sex and sex orientation, it is generally possible to immediately determine the sex of a person that gives out first impressions and places stereotypes. Every culture distinguishes between male and females and this accompanied by beliefs and psychological and physical behaviours belonging to each
'Society affects how people perceive themselves, Body Image awareness still exists in our society'.
BODY IMAGE 'Society affects how people perceive themselves, Body Image awareness still exists in our society' I agree strongly with this statement that many people living on our society are influenced by the media and the fashion industry. Both are equally responsible for the increased number of people suffering from eating disorders. Fashion industries tend to only feature whose figures vary from eight to ten. Their androgynous waif-like figures are presented as representative of the everyday woman. In doing so the average woman in the street is forced to measure herself against an unrealistic ideal. Most models are above average height, have naturally lithe bodies and are aged between sixteen and thirty. Their image is constructed and manipulated by a predominately male homosexual industry which appears reluctant to show women as curvaceous individuals. Celebrities themselves fall foul of the dominant media representation of women. Victoria Beckham not long after the birth of her first child was famously featured on a catwalk parading the clothes of one of her favourite designer. At the time she was praised for entertaining her slim figure so soon after pregnancy. However weeks later as speculation grew over her emaciated new look, she denied any talk of her eating disorder. However years later in her autobiography she confessed to having suffered from an eating disorder
A Discursive Analysis of extracts regarding a male(TM)s perception of body image
A Discursive Analysis of extracts regarding a male's perception of body image This analysis looks at four young men's perceptions of female body image through the use of discursive analysis. This interview looks at what the participating males think about different body sizes and how important a women's body size and appearance is to them. Discursive analysis is a qualitative method used to analyse data and is used to comprehend spoken interaction and written text which views language as something that constructs reality rather than simply describing it. Extract 1. Cli: but (2.0) m:m its mainly the face that I think its wha- 2 (0.5) you find mos[t attractive 3 Jef: [m:::m 4 Int: yeah= 5 Jef: =but the more slight girls I think I find more beautiful 6 (0.5) 7 Cli: m:::m but 8 Jef: but maybe it's the slightly bigger ones that you find a 9 bit more .hhh fit= 0 Uri: they just look like they've got right angles 1 in ?their body? (2.0) 1 Zan: hehe[hehe 2 Uri: [hehehe (0.5) 3 Jef: its horrible 4 Uri: I kno(h)w (1.0) 5 Int: what can you just state which model that is 6 Jef: models er D again (0.5) like he-her armpit and her 7 shoulder and everything is horr(h)ible 8 Cli: it just [>looks so:: skinny< 9 Jef: [its like a skeleton (.) literally like a skeleton 20 (2.0) Cli draws
Analysis of an article on obesity and teenage body image -"The Big Issue ".
Task 1: Feature Article Study By C.J Ellis Obesity ranks second among preventable causes of death. Tobacco is number one. “The Big Issue” discusses the increase in overweight teenagers and the devastating consequences. The main ideas the article promotes is that obesity and weight has the potential to nullify a teenage girls self-esteem and confidence, in doing so creating heinous repercussions. The teenagers health is at risk, therefore there is an increased chance that the teenager will face medical issues short or/and long term. Everything occurs for a reason and therefore there is reasoning behind obesity and weight gain. Every female is not born overweight and there is reasoning why the numbers of overweight teenagers are increasing. “The Big Issue” provides reasoning in a simplified layout and language hence teenage girls can relate. The article explains that teenagers are definitely eating more, as food is available most of the time. Diet is one of the main reasons behind obesity and weight gain. As quoted from “The Big Issue. “Between 1985 and 1995, children’s energy intake increased by up to 2000 KJ, which is equivalent of a really big hamburger, says Nadia.” The article explains another reason for weight gain is activity habits of teenagers. “Not only has our energy intake
To what extent does the Media affect body image in teens and their perception of beauty?
To what extent does the Media affect body image in teens and their perception of beauty? There is no question that the Media has a massive impact on how we perceive ourselves, particularly when it comes to our beauty. From my own experience, I have questioned my own body due to articles in magazines promoting a slimmer body type to various audiences. We shape our opinions through what the Media tells us is right and wrong. For instance, women and young girls are judged highly on their weight and appearance where as men are judged more on their masculinity and muscularity.[1] As the Media is a massive topic, I will focus on looking at magazines, in particular adverts, and how they portray beauty and how we then observe the Medias idea of ‘perfection’. I will also be looking at the effects of exposure to these magazines and adverts to teenagers; one particular focus will be the influences of the Media on Anorexia. “Low self-esteem contributes to a distorted body image, and the distorted body image can't be fully corrected until self-esteem issues are reconciled.”[2] If we don’t address the problem (the problem being the Media labelling a certain body type as perfect) then the issue of low self-esteem in women is never going to stop. Over 90% of people diagnosed with eating disorders are adolescent or young women,[3] so why do young women and adolescents feel the need
