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** Adolescence **

** W : What you want to know (curiosities/inquiry questions) **
Inquiry Question: **What is the biggest influence for negative body image for adolescene? Is it parents, media, or peers?**

** L : What you learned about your inquiry questions **
From my inquiry question I have learned a lot about body image. I really learned from doing my observation surveys by finding how girls of different ages feel about their bodies.I found that many body image concerns come from peoples own perception of there body. This relates to the Dove Real Beauty Sketches, in the video women describe themselves to an artist and another person describes that same person to the artist. The women who describe themselves come out uglier than when a stranger describes them. This is because they are describing their own perception and do not think they are as beautiful as what other see. I also found that media has a really big influence on females of all ages. I think every one who watched the Dove Evolution video now realizes how photo edited models are and how the media has false advertisements. I hope that knowing this information there will be a decrease in body image concerns.

** Resource #1 **

 * Read:**
 * I read an article from Womans Health that is tittled "Body Image and Your Kids." This article is based on mother's who diet or are constanly concerned about their body's. The article explains that their daughters pick up on their influence to be skinny or concerned about their weight and the influences from mothers cause daughters to have a negative body image of themselves. Main points in this article include reason young girls have a low self-esteem about their body image, ways to help children have healthy body images, and ways to help children develop a positive body image and relate food in a healthy way. Some examples of why girls have low-self esteems include their own mothers are concerned about their weight, natural weight gain and other body changes during puberty, and peer pressure.There are several ways to help children have healthy body images. First, parents have to be careful of comments they make about their own body infornt of their children because they learn from listening and actions. Parents should be role models and promote healthy ways to lose weight by excersicing and focusing on health eating and safe dieting.
 * Respond:**
 * "Body Image for Your Kids" is an article that is based off of true concerns for body image. Many people think that low self-esteem based on body image is mostly from the media but it also comes from kids picking up on influences from home. More people need to be educated on this subject because this topic can lead to extreme behavors like beinge eating, anorxia, excessive exercise, depression and other types of disorders. It is important for people to be educated on body image and ways to promote healthy lifestyles for children, adolences and adults.
 * APA Citation:**
 * "Body Image and Your Kids." //Womenshealth.gov//. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2013. (need APA)

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 * Read:**
 * I read an article online from a website based o n teen health and the media. The article is called "Body Image and Nutrition." Basically the article provides statistics about the media portraying and advertising fast food to children and teens. These advertisements maybe be found on television, billboards, magizines etc. These advertisements are sending out confusing gestures to affect girls body image. For example, magazines have tons of pictures of skinny models that portray the body image girls want but at the same time magazines are promoting fast food and unhealthy eating habits. With the mixed signals, girls create unhealthy habits like low self esteem or eating disorders. The article explains that advertisements should not promote fast food that causes diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. They should education people on heathy eating and why it is so important. To decrease the amount of eating disorders the media needs to promote exercise and health body images. 


 * Respond:**
 * I do not think fast food should be advertised what so ever. Realistically everyone knows it is available and clearly takes advantage of the easy access. If all the advertisements for fast food where changed into advertisements for healthy food I feel there would be a change in the way people eat and it would lower the stats of obesity. The magazines really frustate me because of the body image they portray that is impossible. All the models are photo edited that created negative feelings towards girls body and then they throw in fast food advertisements that increase obesity. Changes need to be made in the advertisement to promote health eating and exercise. With these changes there will be less obesity and eating disorder that will increase the self esteem of many people.

"Teen Health and the Media." // Teen Health and the Media //. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2013. (need APA)
 * APA Citation:**
 * Resource #3 **
 * Read:**
 * Body Image, Confidence, And Media Influence is an article I read that is based off a study of middle school adolescence. A section of this article is about body image and ethnic background between white females and African American female adolescence. The study shows that the white females are more susceptible to have negative feelings about their body then African American females. When both groups were showed pictures of skinny models the African American females were more likely to criticize the models for being so thin. The white females had more body dissatisfaction and made comments like wishing they looked more like the models and were skinnier. Hispanics and Asians were also include in the study and it was found the Hispanics responded to the media but is not as likely to have body dissatisfaction. Asian responded like the white females. Out of the four cultures surveyed, African American females showed the lowest amount of influence from the media, while Hispanic females showed the greatest media influence. The survey shows that culture has different effects on females body image but the article also bring age up as a factor. All women worry about there body image but the older and more mature the person is the more they can cope with the issue. Young girls in adolescences do not nope how to deal with the pressure and this causes issues like depression and eating disorder. The exposure to models in the media make the self esteem issues worse for many girls. Instead of constantly showing models the media need to focus on being suportive to girls with self esteem issues and make a positive difference in female adolescences.
 * Respond:**
 * I find the information provided from this article is very interesting. I never made the connection that different ethnicities feel different about body image. Knowing this information I can think about the different background and see why each background feels differently about their bodies. I think white female are more influenced by the media because they e seen more in the magazines and TV, especially in the past. African American females are more so known to be curvy with big booties, there for they criticize models for being so skinny. the media should advertise all ethnicities and promote their body times in positive ways making adolescence more confident in their body type.


 * APA Citation:**
 * Granatino, R., & Haytko, D. L. (2013). Body image, confidence, and media influence: A study of middle school adolescents. Journal of Applied Business Research, 29 (1), 45. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1426770036?accountid=2909

** Resource #4 **

 * Read:**
 * A study was conducted with the correlation of women's body image and their relationships. It was found that women who are happy with their relationship are more happy with there body. Even women who are over they weight the want to be at are still happier with the body because of their happy relationship. When a women who does not have any need to be concern about her weight is unhappy because of the relationship she is in. The study also shows that women who are dieting are unhappy with their bodies and spend more time checking their weight on the scales.


 * Respond:**
 * I find this study interesting but not hard to believe. I think it is very common for women to be more happy with there bodies if the are happy with their relationship. I believe that majority of body image is mental and if a women is mentally happy with her relationship she will also be happy in other aspects of her life like her body.


 * APA Citation:**
 * "Good Body Image Equals Happier Relationships for Women: Study." //NY Daily News//. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

** 5. Sexuality Activity **
([]) I found a resource based on PE Teachers, Coaches, Administrators & Parents who work on developing a focus on the core principles of respect, safety and equal access for all students. The main idea is for teachers, coaches and students regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression to feel safe and excepted in sport activities. Many students are afraid to join sports teams because they think the will be made fun of or not fit in. it is also said that locker rooms are an unsafe environment. GLSEN is putting forth an effort to educate on this issue to make changes for everyone to be accepted.
 * Describe your resource:**

I found a resource based on PE Teachers, Coaches, Administrators & Parents who work on developing a focus on the core principles of respect, safety and equal access for all students. The main idea is for teachers, coaches and students regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression to feel safe and excepted in sport activities. Many students are afraid to join sports teams because they think the will be made fun of or not fit in. It is also said that locker rooms are an unsafe environment. GLSEN is putting forth an effort to educate on this issue to make changes for everyone to be accepted.

"Resources." //Changing the Game//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2013.
 * Link to your specific resource:**

** A. Site details: **

 * Name of site: Female Adolescence ages 13-26
 * Link to site:
 * Contact person: Friends of mine
 * I picked this picture to describe my inquiry observation to show that their are different body shapes than just the ones shown in the media.

__ ** B. Describe your setting ** __
I do not have a setting for my observation. I have made a survey of eleven question abou t body image. For two parts of the survey the girls participating have to watch two videos on youtube. The videos are a part of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty that are powerful and have a big influence on making a positive difference on body image. I am interviewing girls of different ages to see what the differences are on body image based on age and maturity level. I am so excited to see the results! Below is the survey each girl completed.

__** C. Describe what you did at the site (free-write/journal formatting) **__

 * Age 13: ** I surveyed a thirteen year old female on her body image. I asked her if her appearance is important to her? She replied saying no my appearance is not always that important to me but I do feel pressure to look a certain way . Her biggest cause of her body image comes from magazines and she feel insecure around other people. She said she compares her body to her friends and she as gone on a diet to lose weight. She is generally dissatisfied with her weight, stomach/abs and her thighs. She feels "The Perfect Body" is influenced by the media the most. After she watched The Dove Evolution video she was surprised to see how much the models are photo edited. She did not know they did the editing. The influence the media has on her body image only decreased a little after watching the video. After watching The Dove Beauty Sketches she said it makes her feel better about herself and she does think she is more pretty than what she thinks.

The sixteen year old female I interview said that the pressure of body image does effect her in a negative way. I asked her if appearance was important to her and she replied, "Pretty important because it can make me more confident sometimes, but it's not the most important." The biggest cause of her body image is her own perception. I asked her what related to her body image the most and she chose being insecure around people and embarrassment. Friends and athletes are mostly who she compares her body too and she has gone on a diet to loose weight and to gain muscle. I asked her what she is most dissatisfied with her body and she said her hips, wanting to lose weight and stomach/ abs. I asked her who influences the perfect body image the most and she said peers of the same gender. After she watched the Dove Evolution I asked her what she though about the video, she replied, "that it's crazy and defeats the purpose of natural beauty." Next I asked her if the media has less of an influence on her body image and she replied by saying, "Yeah I'm sure this will have less of an impact on me but the media will always have some sort of impact on me no matter what." The Other video I had her watch was the Dove Real Beauty Sketches. I asked how the video made her feel? She said, "It makes me feel like there are people out that think you're beautiful, and that you shouldn't be so critical of yourself at times. It shows that nobody is perfect, but thats not the point. The point is to acknowledge you're beautiful features rather than to focus on the negative all the time like girls tend to do because honestly these's probably people who wish they could be like you and compare themselves to you." The last question I asked her was, do you think you are more beautiful than you say? "Yes I do. I do focus on the negatives a lot because of my weight or skin like having acne or something stupid like that, rather than the positives. If someone gives me a complement I do not believe them because I think they are just being nice. I need to stop comparing myself to the made to be "perfect" images in todays society and focus on me and my nice features." **A****ge 18:** I also surveyed a 18 year old college student. Her answer to my question, how important is body image to you was, "I would say my appearance is important. If I take time to make myself look better, it gives me more confidence. Not only that, but it gives other people a good impression of me. It shows that I care enough to take time to make my self look presentable." She said she does feel pressure of body image and she thinks her biggest concern is her own perception. I asked her if she compares her body to other people such as actors, athletes or friends and she said, "no, but I do have an idea of what I want to look like." She said she has gone on a diet before to lose weight and gain muscle. to do this she ate healthier and exercised. She is dissatisfied with her stomach/abs and shed she had more muscle. I asked her who the influence of "The Perfect Body" is influenced by the most and she said, "I think a lot of it has to do with peers of the same gender, trying to impress the opposite gender and a lot is influenced by yourself." Next I had her watch two videos from the Dove Real Beauty campaign." First she watched the Dove Evolution video and i asked her what she thought about the video. She liked the video, "it shows women even the models don't look they way we think they do. If we saw that model walking down the street we would not think she is as "perfect" as she was in the ad. The next question was, Do you think this video give media less of an influence on body image. She answered, "I think for the every day person it doesn't have less of an influence because they will still strive to look like models. If there is any room for improvement they will try." The she watched was Dove Beauty Sketches. I asked her how the video made her feel? "The video really made me think of how critical I am on myself. I would like to see what it would be like to experience it myself." The last question I asked was. Do you think you are more beautiful than you think? "I think am probably more beautiful in other's eye than what I say. I know that I criticize myself all the time. I almost bully myself and put myself down when I really need to focus on the positives." The 21 year old female who participated in the survey had a lot to say in her responses. Appearance to hear is very important. She said, "You never know who you are going to run into when your out and about. It is very important to me to look my very best no matter what I am doing. I always make sure i have enough time to get ready in the morning wether I'm going to school, work or just on a coffee run. I always make sure I'm ready for whatever the day may bring." Next I ask, Does the pressure of body image affects her. She said, "Yes, a little bit but I would say it is not my only concern. I have always told myself if i workout and eat healthy I will feel better about myself. I know i will never look like the models in the magazines no matter how hard i try so why push your self to the limit and hurt your body while doing it." The biggest cause of her body image is her own perception and she mostly compares her body to friends. Gaining the motivation to exercise and eat healthier relate to her body image concerns. She said she has gone on a diet before to lose weight. She is mostly dissatisfied with her breast being to small, legs, stomach and thighs. She feels that the perfect body is being able to feel comfortable in her own skin and being happy with how she looks and feels. After she watched the Dove Evolution video I asked her what she though about the video. She said, "It sends people the wrong message! You Have people out in this world that starve themselves just so they can look at these photo shopped images in magazines, on billboards and television. Im sure if you were to see this woman in person she would not be recognized as the same person on the billboard. It is sad that people in the media do not see they natural beauty. They just want to sell their product and are not worried about hurting people." After watching this video the media has less of an influence on her. Next she watched The Dove Real Beauty Sketches, I Asked her how the videos made her feel? She replied, This video showed me that no matter how much you put yourself down with your own thoughts about how you look and feel, there is someone out in this world that is seeing you for you and your natural beauty. So we need to show it off!!" lastly I asked her if she thinks she is more beautiful than she thinks? " After watching this video, yes! I always brush nice complements off to the side to save room for all the negative comments. I think form now on I will only worry about nice things people says i won't be so hard on myself. It will make it easier for me to accept myself for who I am and not who I want tot be!"
 * Age 16:**
 * Age 21: **

** Physical **
What did you notice about the physical differences between boys and girls (pp. 283-288)? My observations did not include any boys but the book explains the difference between boys and girls physical differences going through puberty. Boys shoulders broaden relative to the hips, whereas girls hips broaden relative to the shoulders and waist.Boys also end up larger than girls, and their legs are longer in relation to the rest of the body. Mainly because boys have two extra years of preadolescent growth, when the legs are growing faster. (pg. 285)

What did you notice about the adolescent’s mood (p. 289)? My observation was all over email so I was not really able to observe their moods. I did notice the attitudes were different with the young females I interview compared to the older. the book explains, biological, psychological, and social forces combine to make adolescence a rime period of deeper valleys and higher peaks in emotional experiences. Negative moods are linked to a number of negative life events, such as difficulties with parents, disciplinary actions at school and braking up with boyfriend or girlfriend. Adolescence seem to react with greater emotion. (pg. 289)

What did you notice about the adolescent’s relationship with adults (p. 289)? I was not able to observe adolescent's around adults. The book explains that many adolescent's relationships with adult is good because adolescence want to start adopting adult like behaviors. Although there are ofter arguments about driving, dating and curfews.

What did you notice about the role of body image in adolescent behavior (p. 290)? My entire project was based off of body image but only on female adolescents. I found that body play a huge role on majority or females. Body image can completely change a persons behavior. This behavior change is normally noticed when girls hit adolescents. this is because when girls are younger they like to play dress up, always think they are pretty and do not really worry about what they look like or what boys think they look like. Once adolescent starts everything changes. Body image concerns begin when their bodies change, they are more interested in boys and the media has a bigger influence on them.

What did you notice about peer relationships ( pp. 290-291)? Peer relationships effect body image because many people compare their bodies to peers. On my survey I had a few girls reply that they compare their bodies to their friends. I have also read that many females are uncomfortable about there body image because they want to impress boys.

What did you notice about eating habits (pp. 291-292)? The book states that many adolescents skip breakfast, consume empty calories and eat on the run. Habits like this lead to obesity. It is common for young teens to meet up at fast food restaurants were they eat foods with excessive fat and sugar. This indicates that teens often make unhealthy food choices.

What did you notice about issues around sex (sex education, sexual references, sexual activity, teen pregnancy, etc.) (pp. 293-299) Many teens report their parents did not talk to or educate them about sex. Many parents think their teens will not take them seriously and are afraid of embarrassment. Although it is highly suggested parents talk to their teens about sex and preventing pregnancy most teen get there sex education from friends, books, magazines, movies, TV and the internet.

What did you notice about substance use or substance related references (pp. 299-300)? Teens who normally try drugs are impulsive, disruptive and hostile is often evident in early childhood. drug use is also common with genetic background, and lack of parental warmth and involvement. Some substance about if from curiosity and generally does not continue after a couple tries.

** Physical Cognitive **
Physically I notice all of the girls I surveyed were unhappy with their body in some way. One of the questions I asked on the survey is what body part(s) are you most dissatisfied with. Some responds were breast too small, stomach/abs, thighs want to lose weight and gain muscle.

** Emotional **
Body image is very emotional for females. I think the most emotional part of my survey was the Dove Real Beauty Sketches. It is emotion to see how many women do not see their own beauty and watching the video is a wake up call for many girls who feel the same way about themselves.

** Social **
I wish body image was more social. Many people do not like to talk about their insecurities. If more people talked about how they felt about their bodies people would be able to help them feel more comfortable as the person they are. Also if this topic was talked about more their would be less eating disorders and females wold be more confident and healthy.

** Revisiting Your Curiosities **
[Answer your original questions as best as you can, given the course material and your observations. You must make at least 4 references to the text with page numbers.] I found that media has the biggest influence on negative feelings towards body image. Media has such a big influence because it is everywhere and there is no way to escape it. The only way to make a difference in the way media makes people feel about body image is to continue to educate people on the topic. It needs to be known that models are photo edited, parents need to talk with their children about their bodies and how they should feel comfortable in their own skin. Next to media, a person own perception of their body in the next largest influence on negative body image. To have a negative perception of ones body it has to be influenced by something else and I would guess it circles back to the media or maybe some influences from peers of the same and opposite sex.
 * W : What you want to know (inquiry questions) **
 * 1.** ** What is the biggest influence for negative body image for adolescence ? Is it parents, media, or peers? **


 * 2. Tall, Thin, Beautiful….Fake**

I am happy with the way my poster turned out. I love the colors, the quotes and all of the information provided. Although, I wish I would have done a better job presenting to the class. I am happy I met with Jennifer to get help because she provided me with many tips and made my poster better than it was before!
 * 3. Creative Presentations**

I am not planning on being a teacher but I do plan on being a health educator. I question if I will ever work with young adolescents who struggle with body image concerns. If so I feel that I will be very informed on the topic and more than cooperative to help make a difference. I also wonder if influence of body image will increase or decrease over time.
 * 4. What new questions emerge for you as a future teacher?**

Late Adulthood

Describe your Older Adult Project:

Today I spent some much needed time with my Poppy. I picked him up at 10:30 this morning and we went to brunch at Bob Evans. He was so excited to go out because he does not get to very often and he was especially excited to be spending time with me, as I do not see him very much. On the way we caught up on how I was doing in school, how I like living with my brother, how my brother is doing and if I like his new girlfriend. Once we got to Bob Evans he was finished talking and was all focused on what he wanted to eat. He changed his mine about breakfast and decided he wanted "dinner." I'm not sure why wouldn't call it lunch! Anyway, after we both stuffed our bellies he wanted to run to the grocery before the big snow comes. So we preceded on to Aldi's and we picked up a couple of groceries. While we were there he talked about how him and my grandma use to take all the grandchildren there and we would fight over who got to put the quarter in the cart. He also made a couple other references about going there in the past. Finally, after we got everything he needed I offered to take him home because I had to go to the eye doctor but he chose to go with me. When my appointment was over I took him home and sat and talked for a little while. I always notice when we are at his house he likes to talk about everyone in the family to makes sure he is up to date on all the details. He also loves to gossip about all of his neighbors.

My poppy really likes to spend time with his family and friends but he does do it to often because he doesn't always feel to well. In 1995 he was diagnosed with lung cancer, one year after my grandma had just passed away from lung cancer. Fortunately, he was able to fight though the cancer after having one lung removed. Now that he is in his upper 80's he struggles with his health. So today I am very happy I got him to spend time with him and I am thankful he was feeling well enough to going out with me.

Describe your experience (2 paragraph minimum and make 4 references to the textbook):

My experience with the Late Adulthood assignment was very pleasant. I really enjoy spending time with my Poppy because being so busy in school it is hard to find time to see him. As stated in the book on page 429, as grandchildren get older they become more distant with their grandparents. This is very true for me and the rest of my cousins. Although, now that we are older our parents have more time to spend with my grandpa because they are not as busy taking care of us. My grandpa is getting older and has a hard time taking care of him self so my mom and her to brothers all pitch in to help. My mom take care of all his medical needs. She takes him to all his doctor appointment and she organizes all his medicine weekly. My Uncle nick who is the middle child is responsible for all the bills and the oldest son Tim is in charge of visiting him, taking him to lunch and running errands for him. Page 432 talks about the children taking care of their parents like my mom and uncles take care of my Grandpa.

My Grandpa slightly has a hard time hearing but it is not bad enough for him to need a hearing aid. Page 448 explains how many older adults tend to loose the ability to her well and how it impact their lives. Another part of getting older is loosing your ability to taste and smell. I and not sure if my grandpa has noticed any loss in smell or tatase but I would say as much as he ate to day his taste is fine! The book also explains how older adults loose their ability to taste and smell on page 448. I enjoyed learning about older adults in this class because I am considering working with Geriatrics in my career.

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