1. Media’s Influence on Body Image
By: Hephzibah Adesina
Hello, everybody. How are you doing today. My name is Hephzibah Adesina. I am a senior at sport and medical sciences Academy. Today I will be talking to you about medias affect on body image.

2. “ You are what you are”
You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what are because you are what you are. As young men and women we need to be build up a confident front and make a change in our generation. We shouldn’t be so easily influenced by what people say or how people expect us to act this days. There are always going to be people judging us no matter how hard we try. We all need to be individuals and act as our selves.

3. Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful
Dove beauty sketches
Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful
Women are their own worst beauty critics. In fact, only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful. Dove is committed to building positive self-esteem and inspiring all women and girls to reach their full potential. That’s why they conducted an experiment that proves to women something very important which is, you are more beautiful than you think.

4. Props, lighting, angles, computer techniques Shapes and sizes Altered
Reality
Body Features
Props, lighting, angles, computer techniques
Shapes and sizes
Altered 
Unwanted features
Edited out
Body features from photos of different people
Combined to make a “perfect” image
Body Doubles
Common in films
Photos can be completely computer-generated
All these stars and models that we look at have been enhanced so much that in reality they do not look like what we see. There body features have been enhanced. The lighting has been changed, the angles have been made sharper and there are many computer techniques that go into one picture.
The shapes and sizes of these models have also been altered. They are made to look taller and skinnier than they really are.
Many unwanted features that are not pleasing have been cropped out like a mole or something that seems unpleasing.
They tend to combine many different characteristics of different peoples body to make one perfect person

5. Photoshop
In this picture the males features have been enhanced his packs are more obvious on the second picture also he is thinner and his waist is disproportioned to his entire body. Who here knows who Kim Kardashian is? Well she is known for her figure. In this picture she her waist has been shrunken she appears to be lighter and her thighs are really small. This are some of the people we wish to look like but they are altered in so many ways to fit this “perfect” image.

6. Cosmetic procedure complications Eating disorders
Consequences
Unhealthy diet
Over-exercising Using drugs (steroids, cocaine, diet pills, cigarettes, etc)
Cosmetic procedure complications
Eating disorders
Depression and other mental health problems
Low self-esteem
Many people obsess in trying to look perfect it leads to may unfortunate things such as unhealthy diet, Over-exercising which tends to lead to Using drugs (steroids, cocaine, diet pills, cigarettes, etc),Cosmetic procedure complications such as plastic surgery, Eating disorders, Depression and other mental health problems, and Low self-esteem

7. Changes
There has been many changes Since the 1950’s to now Can anyone tell me what they see different in this picture? Well there is an obvious change in makeup, hair, dramatics, weight, and clothing.
Vogue 2014
Vogue 1950

8. Diet industry makes $40-100 billion (US) per year
Interesting facts
Diet industry makes $ billion (US) per year
1 out of 4 college-aged woman use unhealthy methods of weight control
80% of women are dissatisfied with their appearance
The average woman is 5’4 and 140 pounds
The average model is 5’11 and 117 pounds
A woman spends 2.5 years of her life on her hair
A person sees advertisements per day
In 1975, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than average woman while today’s beauty queens and models weigh at least 23% less than the average woman. Our standard normal body size has become so thin, that average weight people are being considered abnormal.
Diet industry makes $ billion (US) per year
1 out of 4 college-aged woman use unhealthy methods of weight control
80% of women are dissatisfied with their appearance
The average woman is 5’4 and 140 pounds
The average model is 5’11 and 117 pounds
A woman spends 2.5 years of her life on her hair
A person sees advertisements per day
In 1975, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than average woman while today’s beauty queens and models weigh at least 23% less than the average woman. Our standard normal body size has become so thin, that average weight people are being considered abnormal.

9. Infants recognize themselves in mirrors at 2 years
Starts at a young age
Infants recognize themselves in mirrors at 2 years
Females begin to dislike their body a few years later
Boys are less critical of their appearance
In a study, normal-weight girls were more concerned than obese boys
Boys go through a short phase of dissatisfaction
Physical changes with puberty (taller, more muscular) bring them closer to the masculine ideal
For girls, puberty makes things worse
Increase in weight and body fat
All of this starts at a young age. Infants are able to recognize themselves in the mirrors at 2 years.
Then females begin to dislike their body a few years later.
Boys are less critical of their appearance
In a study, normal-weight girls were more concerned than obese boys
Boys go through a short phase of dissatisfaction
Physical changes with puberty (taller, more muscular) bring them closer to the masculine ideal
For girls, puberty makes things worse
Increase in weight and body fat

10. Did you know?
Weight control measures are being taken by girls as young as 5 or % of normal weight girls think they’re overweight
Attractiveness and thinness were associated with goodness in over 100 female characters in 23 Walt Disney films
Main focuses of concern for men are height, stomachs, chests , muscle mass, and hair loss

11. 99% of adolescent girls have at least one Barbie
“Researchers generating a computer model of a woman with Barbie-doll proportions, for example, found that her back would be too weak to support the weight of her upper body, and her body would be too narrow to contain more than half a liver and a few centimeters of bowel. A real woman built that way would suffer from chronic diarrhea and eventually die from malnutrition.”
99% of adolescent girls have at least one Barbie
How many of you girls have had a Barbie before
“Researchers generating a computer model of a woman with Barbie-doll proportions, for example, found that her back would be too weak to support the weight of her upper body, and her body would be too narrow to contain more than half a liver and a few centimeters of bowel. A real woman built that way would suffer from chronic diarrhea and eventually die from malnutrition.”

12. Bible Verse
Samuel 16:7 "But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."

13. What God wants.
“The only complete way to overcome the problem is to have our beliefs about body image transformed by the Holy Spirit.” - Heather Davis Nelson
In pursuing worldly beauty, we strive to become this elusive image in place of who we really are. You and I are created in the image of the living God. Our purpose is to reflect His image to the world. But since the fall, we let the world inscribe its image on us. It is the very picture of sin and ultimately death. Instead of being transformed to God's image, we conform to the world's image. We are hopelessly stuck in a lifeless cycle, exchanging God for the creature as our object of worship. But God in His mercy rescued us!
The only complete way to overcome the problem is to have our beliefs about body image transformed by the Holy Spirit.” - Heather Davis Nelson
In pursuing worldly beauty, we strive to become this elusive image in place of who we really are. You and I are created in the image of the living God. Our purpose is to reflect His image to the world. But since the fall, we let the world inscribe its image on us. It is the very picture of sin and ultimately death. Instead of being transformed to God's image, we conform to the world's image. We are hopelessly stuck in a lifeless cycle, exchanging God for the creature as our object of worship. But God in His mercy rescued us!

14. Cont..
God makes you beautiful with the beauty of His Son, Jesus. It is in gazing at God's image in Jesus Christ that you are transformed.
Romans 12:1-2 says, "Therefore, I urge you, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
God makes you beautiful with the beauty of His Son, Jesus. It is in gazing at God's image in Jesus Christ that you are transformed.
Romans 12:1-2 says, "Therefore, I urge you, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."