Introduction
| Health fads | details |
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Hollywood's diet |
This diet was made by Kate moss It includes only cigarette and alcohol This diet is supposed is supposed to help you achieve significant weight loss in two days. |
| The clay diet |
This diet was made by Sharlene woodly It includes only clay This diet is supposed to remove heavy metals from your body |
| Urine therapy |
This diet was made by bear grylls This diet include only urine This diet is supposed to make you feel better about how you look. |
| Paleo diet |
This diet was made by the Paleolithic societies This diet Includes only fruits,vegetables,lean meats,seafood,nuts and seeds,healthy fats This diet is supposed to work with your genetics to help you stay lean,strong and energetic |
| Vb6 diet |
This diet was made by Beyonce and diet van teese This diet includes being vegan before 6:00 This diet is supposed to set you on cause we of eating through the day |
Task
q1.How is each fad promoted/marketed?
The Hollywood diet was advertised through famous people.
The clay diet was advertised trough the cavemen which inspired the famous people.
The paleo diet was advertised through famous people.
q2.Find an example advertisement for one of the fads and insert into this worksheet
Q3.Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be successful
I think that the paleo diet could have been successful in advertising because heaps of people are doing this diet and are getting the results that were promised.
q4.Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be unsuccessful
I think that the paleo diet could have been unsuccessful in advertising because people might not get the results that they were promised.
q5.Which of the 3 fads you selected would you be most likely to try and WHY?
The paleo diet because it worked for my mum and I don't won't to eat clay and I am not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol.
q6.Which of the 3 fads would you be least likely to try and WHY?
The Hollywood diet because I am not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol.
q7.What are the negative side effects for each?
The Hollywood diet can age you which will make you look older.
The clay diet can remove metals that you actually might need and could give you constipation and other complications if you eat to much.
The Paleo Diet can eventually make you crave sugar and other non Paleo foods.
Process
| health fad | chubby bunny |
| Person(name,age,gender,photo) | Catherine fisher 12 female |
| Duration of the health fad | Few minutes |
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Reason for going on the health fad |
She saw everyone else doing it she thought it was cool |
| Symptoms | she died |
| Did the health fad achieve what it claimed in any way | No |
| Details of other similar cases | Not many cases some people choking |
| Health fad | dietary pills |
| Person(name,age,gender,photo) | Eloise Aimee Parry, 21,female |
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Duration of the health fad |
24 hours from when the tablets were taken |
| Reason for going on Health Fad | wanted to lose weight |
| Symptoms | weight she started to feel unwell and then burned up. |
| Did the Health Fad achieve what it claimed in any way? | no because it claimed to help lose weight but it killed her. |
| Details of other similar cases | In 2013, Sarah Houston,female,a 23-year-old student, was found dead in her bedroom after taking DNP. Houston’s parents, both doctors, called for an end to the “morally repugnant” practice of selling the drug in capsule form. |
Evaluation
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Q1. Dangerous Health fads Types of fads in the TV show-including details for each |
skin tanning Skin tanning can cause skin cancer which is very dangerous and has to be cut out straight away |
Phenterming Make you lose great amounts of weight at a time but can have very dangerous symtoms |
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Q2. Types of people who normally are involved with these fads and why |
People who want to have darker skin to be more attractive |
People who want to rapidly lose weight |
| Q3. Side effects | Moles,defects to the skin and skin cancer | Weight lose, nausea and heart pain |
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