Introduction
What is a health fad
A health fad is somthing you take or do and it and it wears of in a couple of hours or minutes
Task outline
- Look carefully at health related trends and fads including, use of planned diet and exercise regimes.
- Recognise myths and fallacies relatated to product marketing claims.
- Complete a number of task in the format of a Webquest to raise awareness of these findings with friends.
Task
Task A
Create the following table in the process section of your Webquest and then complete the blank spaces.
You must include example of current and old health fads. Explain details of the fad IN YOUR OWN WORDS - DO NOT copy an dpast from the internet.
Task B
Research online to find example where health fads have caused dealth or seriouse illness/ injury (indetail and your own words) using the informaton you have collected.
Task C
Research online to find examples where Health Fads have caused death or serious illness/injury and complete the following (in detail and your own words) using the information you have collected.
Task D
Complete a mini report that present iformation you have gathered from watching the following show Dangerouse fads (Dr Phil).
Task E
Find pictures of 3 famous people who are have tried a health fad.
Create a chain digram that links the famouse person to the fad and also to the negative side effects of the fad.
Process
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Health Fad |
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pills |
The concept was, that if you swallowed the tapeworm eggs and then took medicines to kill the tapeworms, you would lose weight. These parasites drain all the nutrients and the blood from the body to make you look weak and pale. When the tapeworm disappear all the weight you think you lost, comes back. |
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Colonic irrigation |
Colonic irrigation is therapy that flush out the body- toxins.This therapy can cause a lot of problems, such is, heart failure, bowel perforation and it can cause you to become dependent on this type of therapy.
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Bee toxin |
There was a stereotype that the poison applied to outer skin through natural sting heals numberless dangerous diseases such as multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, arthritis, breast cancer and tendonitis. Get stung by a bee is a painful and dangerous deed that can cause allergic reactions, such as breathing problem, smeare d or slurred tongue and hives on skin, vomiting and even lips, tongue, eye and throat swelling.
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oxygenated water |
Oxygenated water is asserted to augment sports activities, supporter of generating detoxified blood, recovering-agent of muscle and heart functions. Taking deep breath is a far better option than oxygenated water |
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Ear Coning by wax-coated cone |
To treat the hearing problems, hay fever, headache and migraine, ear coning is done by a hollow wax-coated cone and lit to generate vacuum. Your energy-level is affected by this practice. These practices can be the cause of exterior burn, punctured ear-drums and ear canal hiccup because of wax. There is no scientific logic behind creating vacuum or removing wax from the ear through this practice. |
Task B
- How is each fad promoted/marketed?
Its promoted by the supposedly health benifits to our bodies by giving us extra oxygen in our bloodsteams.
Oxygenated water is marketed through large shopping centres, gyms and vending machines.
Ear coning is promoted through health food shops, naturapaths, massage therapists
colonic irogetion is promoted through some health clinics, some doctor and natural health clinics
- Find an example advertisement for one of the fads and insert into this worksheet
- Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be successful
The resolts its suposed to give the body has everyone beliveing that there bodies would truly benifit from what the advertisment says it will.
- Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be unsuccessful
there not reaching many people through advertising simple because its mainly marketed throught health practitionals and not everyone reads or hears about it.
- Which of the 3 fads you selected would you be most likely to try and WHY?
i think that i would try oxygenated water because it would have the least harmful effect to my body.
- Which of the 3 fads would you be least likely to try and WHY?
the Ear coning would be the one i would least want to try because i would be frightened i would go deaf, i would get hot wax that would burn the inside of my ear
- What are the negative side effects for each?
clonic iragation: heart failure, bowel perferation and dependancy
oxygenated water: it hasnt been really proven to work, breathing deeply is better
Ear coning: punctured ear drums, burns and deafness
Task C
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Health Fad |
Anorexia |
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Person (Name, Age, Gender, photo) |
Stacey, 18 years, female |
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Duration of Health Fad |
forever if not trited |
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Reason for going on Health Fad |
She wanted to look thiner and when she thought she was controle but then it got out of hand and took control of her she had to go to the hospital and stay there until she was fit and healthy again
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Symptoms |
Anorexia is caused by starvation and excessive wieght lose |
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Did the Health Fad achieve what it claimed in any way? |
yes she lose weight but it got out of hand and she lose to much weight |
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Details of other similar cases |
tapeworm diet and colonic iragation |
task D
1. Types of Fads in the tv show – including details of each
sun damage/ taning boths
phintermine
2. Types of people who normally are involved in these fads and reasons why they want to do these fads
sun damage/ taning both:
these people are the people who want to look better and feel better so they get taned in any way possible
Phintermine:
these people are the people who dont like their weight or they arnt confitable with their weight so they take tablets to lose weight easier and faster
3. Side effects
sun damage/ taning both damage:
the people who sun tan are the people in more risk of getting leasions or in other word skates to remove the leasions you would have to go to a face lifter to get it removed.
Phintermines:
people who take these tablets are the people who are going to get sick and moody and mean.
4. Research information on the fads from the show to find more interesting facts to include in your mini report.
tanning beds:
- It increases the numerous amount of cancerous cells which then affects the inside of your body by killing off all your organs and ending your life over burnt skin.
Phintermines:
Task E
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Health fad: Gwyneth Paltrow is a 37-year-old actress following a macrobiotic diet for 11 years. Macrobiotic is a diet which involves eating grains as her main food, supplemented with other foods such as local vegetables, and avoiding the use of highly processed or refined foods and most animal products. She did it to lose weight |
Side effects: But was recently she was diagnosed with osteopenia, an illness that can lead to the a serious bone disease osteoporosis |
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Health fad: The celebrity diet, Montignac, a glycemic index based diet endorsed by the actress and singer Kylie Monique. Glycemic index is one of several metrics used to quantify short-term changes in blood glucose levels in humans following the ingestion of carbohydrate-containing foods. She did it to lose wait. |
Side effects: When carbohydrates are released slowly, this results in less significant fluctuations in your blood glucose level, and consequently, your insulin level. When blood glucose levels fluctuate significantly, your body is pushed to the extremes to keep everything in check. |
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Health fad: Jennifer Annixion, of the popular TV show 'Friends', endorsed the Atkins diet to celebrity status. The Atkins Diet, officially called the Atkins Nutritional Approach, is a low-carbohydrate diet. She did it to lose weight. |
Side effects: The effects of the Atkins Diet remain a subject of much debate. Some studies conclude that the Atkins diet helps prevent cardiovascular disease, lowers the low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and increases the amount of HDL, or so-called "good" cholesterol |
Conclusion
I learnt that the meaning of fads and what they do to use
What companese do is that they put it on adds and bribe people to do it
for my good health stagity is that to make a table of what days to eat bad food and drinks.
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