Introduction
| Health fad | details |
| Drinking lemon juice |
Helps prevent psychological disorders, heart disease, kidney stones, depression and memory loss. Vitamin B6 contributes to preventing the build-up of plaque in blood v |
| Bee venom |
The natural sting of a bee was believed to cure a wide variety of deseases.
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| Ear candles |
It is lit to create a vacuum |
| Shark cartledge |
it prevents tumour growth. |
| Tape worm diets |
Makes digestion of food much less efficient.
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Task
Ear candling is advertised by adds o TV and on websites.
bee vemon is advertised on the internet
Tapeworm diet is advertised in magerzines, and websites.
1.Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be successful? I think it would be successful Because if people are watching a show on TV and the adds are on they will see the advertisement and think that they might need it, and if there was no advertising then no one would know about it.
2. Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be unsuccessful? I think promotions would be unsuccessful Because some people don't watch adds because they would rather do other things while they are waiting for there show to come on, and also because it would bro ably sound discussing for example tapeworm diet I don't think belle would want to do it.
3. Which of the 3 fads you selected would you be most likely to try and WHY? The one you would mostly likely to try would be Ear candleing because it would feel nice and it not discussing and it would work and it's not bad for you.
4.Which of the 3 fads would you be least likely to try and WHY? The one you would least likely to try would Probably tapeworm diet because it sounds disgusting and there is proof that it is bad for you so if people check if it's bad for you and find out that it is then they wouldn't won't to do it.
5. What are the negative side effects for each? The negative side effects for a tapeworm diet is that they can cause rare deaths and abdominal pain. The negative side effects for the bee venom is swelling, redness and pain. The negative side effects for ear candling is that you can suffer nose and ear pains and you can get burnt.
Process
| Health fad | tapeworm |
| Person (Name, Age, Gender, photo) | Sherry Fuller, age (40), female. |
| Duration of Health Fad | 2 years |
| Reason for going on Health Fad |
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| Symptoms |
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| Did the Health Fad achieve what it claimed in any way? | No |
| Details of other similar cases | Woman Swallows Tapeworm To Lose Weight; Tells Doctor She Bought It On The Internet |
| Health fad | breath arias diet |
| Persons name, age gender and photo |
Verity Linn, 49, female |
| Duration of Health | 21 days |
| Reason for going on Health Fad | She beleived it would recharge her body physically and mentally. |
| Symptoms | Starvation and getting very skinny |
| Did the Health Fad achieve what it claimed in any way? | No |
| Details of other similar cases | Another woman started to death by atemmpting the breath arisen diet. |
Evaluation
1. Types of Fads in the tv show – including details of each: staying outside in the sun with our sunscreen on. (Getting tanned) causes skin cancer. Diet pill called phentemine, makes people moody, mean, sick and nauseous.
2. Types of people who normally are involved in these fads and reasons why they want to do these fads
Side effects: Stephany. To loose weight. You can get depression, irratability and insomnia.
3. Research information on the fads from the show to find more interesting facts to include in your mini report: phnentemine side effects:
- feeling restless or hyperactive.
- headache, dizziness, tremors;
- sleep problems (insomnia);
- dry mouth or an unpleasant taste in your mouth;
- diarrhea or constipation, upset stomach; or.
- increased or decreased interest in sex, impotence.
Conclusion
Credits
1: what you have learned from completing the various tasks- I've learnt what a health fad is and what effects they can cause to us.
2: how do companies get people to try various health fads- they have to add and advertise online.
3: design a better strategy for good health outcomes that would work over a long term- eat healthy, stay hydratedmane stay actice and fit.
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