Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa
Strand 3- Individual and Community Health

Outcome 5.6- A student analyses attitudes, behaviours and consequences related to health issues affecting young people.

Students learn about- Disordered eating and body image.

Students learn to- Explore the relationship between body image and gender and the impact of the media on the manufacture of the ideal male and female body types.
Activities- A) Look at an appropriate magazine and describe what the perfect body is portrayed as for females and males. Does this have any similarities to the type of people you see everyday?
B) Should this portrayal of the ‘perfect’ female and male body image be the ultimate goal of young people? Is it unhealthy? Why/Why not?
C) Google images.
http://fathersforlife.org/images/skeleton7.jpg
http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A5897/58971/300_58971.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/175000/images/_179613_anorexia_150.jpg
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/anorexic.jpg
http://theblacksentinel.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/anorexic2pl.jpg
D) Do you think the images of the ‘perfect’ body, in the magazines has a connection to the large amount of young people with Anorexia Nervosa?

Reason for inclusion- This will help the students understand that there is a lot of misconceptions of the ‘perfect’ body image and how it can affect peoples health.