Personal Development - Fashion and Self-image
The ‘ideal’ body?
Look at the following clips about ‘size zero’:
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- BBC Sunday Am: Kate Winslet discusses how young girls need healthy role models.
- BBC News: Kate Winslet's figure is airbrushed for magazine cover (Warning: clip contains Flash photography)
- BBC News: Size zero diets criticised [Real Media Video]
- BBC News: Countdown to zero [article]
Discuss as a class some of the effects that striving for a ‘size zero’ body has on people who are not naturally that slim.
Invite a doctor or health professional into the class to talk about the effects of severely restricting calorie intake on growing bodies and to talk about the benefits of healthy eating. In preparation for the visit, the pupils come up with a list of questions to ask the health professional on the effects of size zero.
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