Grade 8 Healthy Living

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Grade 8Healthy Living

• Body Image
• and
• Healthy Eating
• SCO 3.15 critically analyze industry's impact on
  body image and healthy eating

You will work in partnerships to complete the ten
tasks in this lesson.
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Body Image

• Body image refers to
• How you view your physical self
• How you feel about how you look
• How you feel others view your physical appearance
• A persons feelings about the sexual
  attractiveness of his/her body

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Body Image

• The fact is, we all come in different shapes and
  sizes and we cant all look the same.
• (Nor would we want that!)

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Body Image

• Throughout history it has been extremely
  difficult for people to live up to the standards
  of society and what they believe the ideal body
  is. There are many factors that lead to a
  persons body image, some of these include
• family dynamics
• biological predispositions (e.g., depression and
  anxiety)
• cultural expectations (e.g., media and politics)
• peer pressure
• People are constantly told and shown the cosmetic
  appeal of weight loss and are warned about the
  risks of obesity this is something that can lead
  to a change in a persons body image.

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Body Image

• Video 1 - Picture Perfect (Female perspective)
• Video 2 Shredded (Male perspective)
• Doves Campaign for Real Beauty
• Girls 20 Summit http//www.dove.ca/en/Tips-Topic
  s-And-Tools/Videos/Girls-20-Summit.aspx
• Amy http//www.youtube.com/watch?vXkFPN1WYi3E
  
• Evolution http//www.youtube.com/watch?viYhCn0
  jf46U
• Onslaught http//www.youtube.com/watch?vepOg
  1nWJ4T8
• If you Love Yourself http//www.youtube.com/wat
  ch?v0rSY7zpINa4

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Body Image

• Task 1
• Write one power sentence each for Amy, Evolution,
  and Onslaught and one power sentence for Artists
  against Bullying that shows an understanding of
  the message(s) in each video. (Thats 4 quality
  sentences.)

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Self Esteem
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Self Esteem and Body Image

• Self Esteem Self esteem is your opinion of
  yourself. High self esteem is a good opinion of
  yourself and low self esteem is a bad opinion of
  yourself.

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Task 2Answer the following questions

• 1. What makes a body healthy? 
• 2. Do you have to be thin to be healthy? Explain.
• 3. How might wanting to look like the people we
  see on television and in magazines be a negative
  thing? 

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Possible answers

• 1. Balanced diet, exercise, lots of sleep, low
  stress in life etc.
• 2. Not all thin people are healthy. They might
  have eating disorders that starve their bodies or
  theyre simply not getting the nutrients their
  bodies need to perform properly.
• Also, a thin person might be less healthy in
  terms of cardiovascular (heart) and lung
  function.
• 3. People who desperately want to be thin may
  develop eating disorders, exercise obsessively,
  or turn to smoking or drugs as a way to control
  appetite. They may develop low self esteem and
  become depressed if they can't change the way
  they look.

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Task 3Answer the following questions

• 1.  Do you think that it is important to have
  cool clothes and accessories? Circle one
  answer. 
• Very Important      Somewhat Important      Not
  Important
• 2.  Think carefully. Which of these groups has
  the most influence on what you consider to be
  cool? Why?
• your friends
• kids you know who are a little older than you
• kids who are really popular
• celebrities  / media
• 3.  Name the first five brand names that come to
  mind for stuff like clothing, food, sports items
  and games. (Don't think about it, just write down
  the first five brand names that come to
  mind!)   

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Task 4 What makes a person cool? 

• Brainstorm traits that define someone as cool
• Is cool more external or internal? Explain.
• Is it external - the way they look, or the way
  they dress?
• or
• Is it internal - the way they act?
• Think of your friends and what is really
  important. Write five things that are important
  to you in a friend.
• Why do you think our society puts so much
  emphasis on the outward appearance?

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Advertising and Body Image

• Task 5 Advertising messages
• Choose an advertisement (from a magazine) that
  uses body image to sell and answer the following
  questions (attach or glue your ad on the back!)
• What is this advertisement selling?
• What are the physical traits/characteristics of
  the person/people in the ad?
• 3. What are some of the sub messages presented
  about society and the roles of men or women?

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Body Image
Task 6 In your partnership, choose one of the
topics relating to Body Image from the list below.

• Eating disorders
• Boys toys (Action figures, G.I. Joe,
  Superheroes, Wrestling figures, Ken doll, etc.)
• Girls toys (Barbies, Polly Pockets, Bratz
  dolls, Princesses, etc.)
• Music videos
• What is beauty?
• Girls and Boys magazines
• The Media
• Actions/practices (Dieting, smoking, sun tanning,
  Teeth Whiteners, Cosmetic surgery, Hair
  straightening, piercings, tattoos, etc.
• Cultural influences (African hair straightening,
  African nose pinching, Asian foot binding, other
  cultures??, etc.)

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Body Image

• Once you have selected your topic, your mission
  is to research and communicate the connection to
  body image.

http//www.youtube.com/watch?vXAYhNHhxN0A
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Healthy Eating
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Do you eat well?Do you eat healthily?
OMIT
OMIT

• Task 7 Complete the handout titled Healthy
  Living Plan

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Click on the poster

• Activity Take a close look at Canadas Food
  Guide.

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Healthy Eating
Canadas Food Guide http//www.has.uwo.ca/hospit
ality/nutrition/pdf/foodguide.pdf
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Thirsty?
Energy Drinks and Power Bars http//kidshealth.o
rg/teen/food_fitness/sports/energy.html Energy
Drinks http//www.pakalertpress.com/2012/09/11/en
ergy-drinks-are-more-dangerous-than-you-think/ Li
st of Energy Drinks http//en.wikipedia.org/wi
ki/List_of_energy_drinks Energy Drink or Drug?
http//www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/02/03/t
reat-energy-drinks-like-drugs-column/1887797/ Tee
ns and Energy Drinks http//www.forbes.com/sites
/jacobaurist/2013/02/01/new-study-says-teens-and-e
nergy-drinks-are-a-bad-combo/
Task 8

• Energy Drinks Part 1
• Skim read each article/link above and make a one
  paragraph statement on what you have learned
  about energy drinks.

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Healthy Eating

• Task 9
• Energy Drinks Part 2
• Read the article titled Energy Drinks and Working
  Out
• and answer the questions that follow.
• Its a handout back table!!

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Bar Exam Pass or fail? http//www.cspinet.org/na
h/12_00/barexam.html
Food for thought

• Healthy Snack?

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Sweet Tooth?Sugar
Sugar and addiction http//articles.mercola.com/s
ites/articles/archive/2010/04/20/sugar-dangers.asp
x

Sugar Stacks Website http//www.sugarstacks.com
Sugar and your brain http//www.forbes.com/sites/
daviddisalvo/2012/04/01/what-eating-too-much-sugar
-does-to-your-brain/
Task 10

• Skim read each article/link above and make a one
  paragraph statement on what you have learned
  about sugar.

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Sugars in disguise

• Task 11
• Follow the link here
• http//www.newworld.co.nz/clubs/babies-club/family
  -nutrition/sugar-in-disguise/
• Provide a brief summary of each of the various
  forms of sugar that might be found on an
  ingredient label.

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Assessment
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Outcome SCO 3.15 critically analyze industry's impact on body image and healthy eating
Due