Campaign
Healthy Body Image
Zoe Draper
My campaign is all about promoting a healthy body image. I think in today’s world there is so much pressure on young people to look a certain way and most of that pressure comes from the media. Images of super skinny celebrities are constantly projected towards young people, whether it’s through television or magazines which make young people feel that they have to reach the image of perfection that has been created. I feel that there isn’t enough in the media about promoting a positive body image which needs to change. Young people need to be able to feel happy about their bodies and themselves instead of constantly worrying about how they look. I want to change that, I want young people to be able to feel satisfied with themselves no matter what they’re size or shape is.
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Zoe, I read your campaign over the weekend and enjoyed it so much I decided to put a link to it in my blog. This is a serious issue that I think as many people as possible should be aware of. I hope you don't mind, but I thought the photo above was so powerful that I used it in the posting. If it infringes any copyright, please let me know. The posting is at www.plusentity.blogspot.com Regards, C.R. PlusEntity.
Clark, 26 April 2010 14:32
I dont think the media should be imediatly blamed for girls with body issues. I live in a small town in Iowa I go to a high school with a student body toping out at about 350 students. I was rased at baseball turnaments, volley camp, and chasing after chickens on our familys farm and its about the same for evry girl in my small town. But even with all the acivities and healthy things I try to do I am still considered fat bc in my small town body sizes range on the average of a 0 to a 8 and im a 14! I dont watch much tv an we dont even have a movie theater in my town we have to go to the next county. I know Im healthy but i still consider myself fat and it has nothing to do with the media.
Raquel , 17 April 2010 01:16
I am now at the age of 23, getting married this year and am very happy, but i don't think i will ever be happy with my weight.it doesn't matter how small i become, it is never good enough. it all stems back to the start of puberty when i weighted half a stone more than i do now at 12! i was very unhappy and had poor self image.i feel there is not enough support in early teens in schools and with in the media aimed at teens to stop problems like this occuring.through being so young and nieve i feel many young girls and boys are falling into the trap eating disorders because thats the only way they see how to lose weight.
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nlysiwxkrf, 01 February 2010 17:49
i used to have an eating disorder. and thats exactly how i felt and sometimes i find myself thinking that even to this day. i know what i used to do would hurt my mom and i know she worries till this day. but today its still a constant battle with myself of "should i eat" i know i have to eat and finally hours later i do. im still getting better i got some things to work out. im still trying to figure out why i became this way. all i know is that im getting better and looking towards a better future and all just my mommy and me working together. such campaigns like these can really be an eye opener and help someone. thanks
evelyn, 16 December 2009 19:42
My mom was a model and has always been thinner than me. I know my mom thinks I look disgusting. I cannot look in a mirror anymore and hate to eat. Over the last few years I dieted a lot and am currently 5'8 weighing 120 pounds.It's not healthy and I wish society promoted normal sized people. I hate seeing emaciated girls on huge billboards epitomizing beauty. I wish I could just love myself.
Elice Darlene, 13 December 2009 09:07
I am 5 ft 10" tall, am reasonably fit and have a bmi smack in the middle of what is considered the healthy range for my height. I recently had my percentage body fat measured and was towards the lower range of what is considered healthy for me. So overall I am pretty much text book healthy. Now at 5ft 10" tall what would you expect me to weigh? Looking at the images of models that we are bombarded by daily you would expect me to be stick thin and a size 0, oh ok well at least a size 6? Well you might be surprised to discover I'm not even a size 10. I generally come somewhere between a 12 and a 14 and weigh nearly 11 stone. OMG you may say (given what the media would have us believe) you must be HUGE, a positive porker! Well no, I'm HEALTHY, I have some muscle mass and eat a balanced diet. I think that we have lost track of what is healthy and normal. I think that we have a growing body image crisis that has been propagated by the media that needs to be addressed. It's time we showed young girls (and increasingly young guys) what a HEALTHY body looks like!
Suzanne Nichols, 24 October 2009 18:53
It's a great advert for eating disorders. It shows exactly how people with eating disorders feel, and just how dangerous eating disorders can be .
Aiso, 11 October 2009 17:14
Yes i think this is a great campagne, and it is right .I have many friends that are tiny and skinny, but im nnot. Sometimes i do feel really fat compred to them. But then i realise we are all different shapes and as long as i dont feel over weight i am fine . the image above is the weigh tat looks normal to me the skinny image urggh makes me feel sick
jess , 23 July 2009 16:33
okay its great you dont want people to damage there bodys, its okay to say to people that there fine the way they are and they should be satasfied but what if they are actually over weight? surely we should be helping them with that. being under weight is a big problem but being over weight is too!
jo, 04 December 2008 15:21
This is a great campaign for many reasons. One of the key aspects is that many people who struggle with eating disorders also have body image disturbance. In my own experience, eating more and gaining weight is a short term solution. If the body image distortion isn't addressed the individual will not learn to love or even like their body and a relapse is likely. Please tell me how to join the campaign. So many people need help with this problem. Thanks x
L, 18 November 2008 10:03
Hi Zoe, I'm so glad somebody is finally trying to do something about the rapid rise in teenagers plumiting body weights. I know quite a few people with eating disorders and know how quickly their situation deteriates. Not enough is being done in the country to help out with those who suffer & a couple of months ago, somebody started a petition to Gordon Brown to get more funding for new eating disorder clinics to help teenagers get the quick & healthy recovery they need urgently - I hope by your campaign the priminister will actually take some of the things said into consideration. These days there are more and more different eating disorders aswell as the three mentioned above. There is wannarexia (a type of diet using annorexic methods) and many many more!
C, 28 October 2008 17:17
Hi Zoe, Greetings from Singapore. 2 years ago, a few of us here started a campaign "Food Is Not The Enemy", headed by Project WiTHIN. Our team consists of psychiatrists, counsellors, students, teachers and survivors of eating disorders. For more information about the campaign, do check http://www.projectthin.com/ out. Currently, we are exploring the possibility of having global partners and affiliates to begin a worldwide campaign. We have 2 members in Australia right now trying to start a parallel campaign them. We are very interested in working with you in every way possible. Do email us at [email protected] and we'll see what we can do. Looking forward to a wonderful collaboration! Best regards, Kwan Jin Yao Public Relations Manager
Kwan Jin Yao, 03 September 2008 18:02
I love it! I agree that magazines and TV etc put too much pressure on teenagers to look a cirten was. Like on shows like one tree hill, when everyone is "perfect" it gives teenagers the impression that they need to look this way, and if they can't then they're not normal. Good luck with the rest of the campaign Zoe!
Heather, 28 August 2008 09:52
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Hi Zoe, I love your campaign and have linked to it from my blog - http://artofdancesam.blogspot.com/2010/05/healthy.html Sam x
Sam Remmer, 16 May 2010 15:03