Multimedia Resources

"Weight Watchers." Advertisement. 10 June 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWoLLUnU-go.

This is a Weight Watchers commercial promoting healthy living. It highlights the craziest and most absurd diets throughout history and emphasizes that dieting can be done healthily. Although it is relatively brief and does not offer a lot of detailed information, it can be used to provide a brief overview of when certain scheme diets were popular. The commercial is very entertaining and presented in a creative manner.  

 

Is the Newest Diet Fad Safe? 2007. MSN. 10 June 2008 http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=&vid=acefcb79-3419-4257-8ad8-de190adf3ce0.

This video begins with NBC’s Janet Shamlian reporting on the newest diet phenomenon, “The Brazilian Pill.” Then Katie Couric, a “Today” host, interviews two women on their experience with the pill and one doctor’s reaction. Advertised as being “all natural”, it was discovered that these pills were laced with prescription drugs. Two dieters ended up in critical care after a severe blood sugar imbalance. Unconcerned with the ingredients, this video shows the extent to which women will go in order to be thin. This resource would be helpful when giving an example of an extremely unhealthy fad diet. The public thought plant ingredients, from Brazilian rainforests, were being used in these pills, however, that was not the case.

VideoJug: Dieting To Lose The Freshman 15

Dieting to Lose the Freshmen 15. VideoJug. 10 June 2008. http://www.videojug.com/interview/dieting-to-lose-the-freshman-15-2

This is a video of Dr. Hawley Almstedt, a professor at Loyola Marymount University. She has a PhD is exercise physiology and studies diet and exercise, eating disorders, and body image among college students. In this video she answers various questions that would be helpful for college students. Almstedt offer useful information and also covers topics such as diet pills, calorie consumption, and herbal products.