I am doing on a project about the media having a negative effect on the public, can you answer some questions?

Hi everyone i am doing research for a project about how the media is having a negative effect on the public to be a 'perfect weight,' i would be grateful if you could fill in your responses to my questions.



All of the information you have provided will be used for this project only, and your identity will remain confidential.



1) Are you Male or Female?



2) How old are you?



3) Are you happy with you weight?



4) Can you explain why you are/not happy with your weight?



5) Would you ever have surgery to lose weight?



6) If yes, what kind of weight loss surgery would you have?



7) Are you aware of the risks that could arise from having surgery?



8) How much money, if any would you be willing to spend on weight loss products in the pursuit to get to your 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥?



9) Do you know about the risks which could occur due to taking weight loss products?



10) Do you feel peer pressure to be thin enough?



11) Do you think size zero should be banned from the catwalk?



12) If size zero was banned do you think it would do anything to change the media鈥檚 outlook of the 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥?



13) Would it change your outlook if size zero was banned from the catwalk?



14) When you open a magazine or newspaper and you see a skinny celebrity how does it make you feel?



15) Do you think the public knows enough about eating disorders, which can arise from trying to reach the 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥?



16) Apart from Anorexia and bulimia can you name an eating disorder?



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I am doing on a project about the media having a negative effect on the public, can you answer some questions?
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I am doing on a project about the media having a negative effect on the public, can you answer some questions?
1) Are you Male or Female? Female



2) How old are you? 30



3) Are you happy with you weight? For the most part



4) Can you explain why you are/not happy with your weight? I know I could be more fit, but the actual number of lbs is fine with me.



5) Would you ever have surgery to lose weight? Don't think so



6) If yes, what kind of weight loss surgery would you have?



7) Are you aware of the risks that could arise from having surgery?



8) How much money, if any would you be willing to spend on weight loss products in the pursuit to get to your 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥? Not much, though i think my gym membership counts. Thats about it.



9) Do you know about the risks which could occur due to taking weight loss products? Don't realyl take any weight loss products



10) Do you feel peer pressure to be thin enough? Always



11) Do you think size zero should be banned from the catwalk? zero is the new negative 4 and its not a good picture to paint for younger girls



12) If size zero was banned do you think it would do anything to change the media鈥檚 outlook of the 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥? No



13) Would it change your outlook if size zero was banned from the catwalk? Not really



14) When you open a magazine or newspaper and you see a skinny celebrity how does it make you feel? I think they are too skinny



15) Do you think the public knows enough about eating disorders, which can arise from trying to reach the 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥? I am not sure it is publicized enough or taught enough about in school



16) Apart from Anorexia and bulimia can you name an eating disorder?



No
1 male

2 15

3 no

4 i only weigh 128 i would like to weigh more (OH not expecting that were you)

5 no

7 yes

8 $0

9 yes

10 no

11 what's size 0

12 i dont no

13 if i knew what i was

14 guy or girl?

15 no

16 over eating ( cant remember Technical name)
1)male

2)23

3)yes

4)cus im not fat but not thin just right an how i wanna look

5)no

6)non

7)yes

8)non just excersise if u wanna lose weight

9)no

10)no

11)yes

12)yes

13)no

14)sick

15)no

16)yeah the oppasite obesity
1. Female



2. 49



3. Yes



4. I feel healthier than I have in a very long time. I watch my diet

do aerobics 6 days a week, lift weight 2 days, 1 day of Pilates



5. If I was doing it for HEALTH reasons.



6. THE BAND



7. yes



8 zero



9. yes



10. I did, but as you get older, you get wiser



11. YES YES YES YES



12 It might



13. No



14. I feel sorry for them. I know that most of them struggle to keep

at the ridiculous weight.

15. Not really



16 binge eating, compulsive over eating
1) Are you Male or Female? female



2) How old are you?

14

3) Are you happy with you weight?

would like to be 5 pounds lighter but.. yes i am happy

4) Can you explain why you are/not happy with your weight?

i am one of the thinnest in my grade

5) Would you ever have surgery to lose weight?

no

6) If yes, what kind of weight loss surgery would you have?

none

7) Are you aware of the risks that could arise from having surgery?



8) How much money, if any would you be willing to spend on weight loss products in the pursuit to get to your 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥?



1,000

9) Do you know about the risks which could occur due to taking weight loss products?

yes

10) Do you feel peer pressure to be thin enough?

yes

11) Do you think size zero should be banned from the catwalk?

no, beutiful people come in diff. shapes and colors

12) If size zero was banned do you think it would do anything to change the media鈥檚 outlook of the 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥?



yess!

13) Would it change your outlook if size zero was banned from the catwalk?

no,

14) When you open a magazine or newspaper and you see a skinny celebrity how does it make you feel?

like i want to be that; jelousy

15) Do you think the public knows enough about eating disorders, which can arise from trying to reach the 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥?

no!

16) Apart from Anorexia and bulimia can you name an eating disorder?

- Binge Eating
1) Are you Male or Female? female



2) How old are you? 15



3) Are you happy with you weight? yes my wieght but not my shape



4) Can you explain why you are/not happy with your weight? short and athletic shape



5) Would you ever have surgery to lose weight? no



6) If yes, what kind of weight loss surgery would you have? -



7) Are you aware of the risks that could arise from having surgery? not really but i kniw its nasty =p



8) How much money, if any would you be willing to spend on weight loss products in the pursuit to get to your 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥?umm not sure but if i did have a problem with my weight then i probably would spend quite a lot



9) Do you know about the risks which could occur due to taking weight loss products? umm not really



10) Do you feel peer pressure to be thin enough? of course every day espiacally in school etc



11) Do you think size zero should be banned from the catwalk? basically yes



12) If size zero was banned do you think it would do anything to change the media鈥檚 outlook of the 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥?a little but not much its gone to far and now people just have it imbedded in their minds



13) Would it change your outlook if size zero was banned from the catwalk? no



14) When you open a magazine or newspaper and you see a skinny celebrity how does it make you feel? really skinny ones i think are ugly but pretty ones etc jeloous



15) Do you think the public knows enough about eating disorders, which can arise from trying to reach the 鈥榩erfect weight?鈥?ummm i think they know but dont think about it



16) Apart from Anorexia and bulimia can you name an eating disorder? obesity i suppose over excercising ummm binge eating urr like calorie counting etc



hope this helped =] good luck


1) Female



2) 31



3) No



4) I used to be thinner - I find it difficult to find clothes that I think 'look right' and fit well.



5) Yes



6) Gastric band, liposuction, boob lift, pretty much anything if I had the money to spare, which I don't!



7) Yes...



8) Does that include 拢40pm gym fees? Basically, I'd spend whatever was spare - up to maybe 拢8k



9) I know you can damage your metabolism and you don't always know what's in the diet pills you buy online. Basically they don't work, because if they did, we w0ould't have obesity!



10) Yes.



11) Yes. It's not normal or healthy to be that thin. Size 6 is tiny enough.



12) Yes, I do. I think we all have this image - I know my husband certainly does - of what a woman 'should' look like, and it almost doesn't matter if she's happy or not, because if she's not size 8, she's considered fat, lazy, and unattractive - and in denial if she appears happy! I don't believe anyone thinks that about men.



13) Probably not. I'd still feel fat.



14) Disgusted with my lack of self-control



15) No.... I think a lot of people think anorexics are all skeletal, and also that eating disorders only affect women and the odd man. I think that people believe bulimics should look thin (think John Prescott). I also think we've become unrealistic about what the perfect healthy weight should be. You can be thin, and unhealthy, and curvy and healthy, and I don't think a lot of people know that.



16) OCD?