Introduction
3 FADs for HPE
1. How is each fad promoted/marketed?
Purple diet
The purple diet is promoted as a super rapid weight loses technique. It is promoted by using celebrities like Mariah Carey. It is marketed on websites and magazines. It is marketed to people wanting to lose weight.
Hotpants
Hotpants is promoted as a solution to lose weight by burning fat through thermogenic, heating up the body’s heat internally. It is marketed by advertising through magazines, papers and online sales.
Oxygen Shots
Oxygen shots are promoted as making people look younger, give people more energy, increase concentration, relaxation and help people feel better faster after exercise. It is marketed through opening oxygen bars and advertisements on TV, newspapers and online.
2. Find an example advertisement for one of the fads and insert into this worksheet
3. Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be successful
So people can fix their weight problems, aging and lack of energy quickly, with minimal effort.
4. Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be unsuccessful
Because there is lots of research showing things wrong with the fads.
5. Which of the 3 fads you selected would you be most likely to try and WHY?
I would try oxygen shots, because breathing fresh air isn’t going to really harm your body.
6. Which of the 3 fads would you be least likely to try and WHY?
I wouldn’t try the purple diet, because you miss out on vitamins and minerals from other food.
7. What are the negative side effects for each
Purple diet – miss out on vitamins and minerals from other food.
Hot pants/Sauna suits – Dehydration can happen because you sweat too much
Oxygen – Some people are at risk of suffering bad health from breathing in too much pure oxygen. Some of the oxygen have different smells, by making the scent it can cause the oxygen to be poisonous and cause lung injuries.