The Good: Chris Hemsworth
- What behaviours does this person demonstrate to show that they are healthy?
Chris Hemsworth started a fitness company through an app called Centr and posts videos on his social media that promote healthy eating. As well as promoting physical health, he also posts photos showing a healthy social lifestyle with his family.
2. What do they look like? Are they healthy? How do you know?
Chris Hemsworth appears to be fit, he is very muscular, which shows he is physically healthy. He seems to have a healthy weight, not being under or overweight. In the images he posts, he is often taking part in fitness or healthy eating.
3. What message does this person promote? Why is it inspiring and healthy?
Chris Hemsworth’s message to people is to stay healthy, both mentally and physically. He created a fitness app called Centr which promotes individual training, which means that they can pursue personal and realistic goals. If everyone does the same fitness program, they would be setting unreal and impossible goals that can strain you in ways it is not meant to and actually damage you. He is inspiring because he sets a good example himself, which shows he cares about being healthy.
4. Why should young people look up to this person as a role model?
A role model is someone who does good things and encourages (either on purpose or unintentionally) other people to do the same. Chris Hemsworth is a good role model because he not only encourages people to do good for themselves and others, but he does it as well. Young people are still learning what behaviours are good or bad and having a good role model can help to make them a good role model for future generations.
5. Thinking back to your House of Values activity, what values does this person demonstrate?
Chris Hemsworth mainly represents self-respect, health, openness, family, and uniqueness. Chris Hemsworth provides individualised training through his app called Centr, which shows that he values uniqueness and health. Individualised training shows that he believes that everyone’s bodies are different, and you should not strive for something out of your reach (in a healthy way). He also posts open pictures of himself and his family on his Instagram, which shows that he has a good relationship with his family, and is okay to share with everyone, further implying openness. Lastly, Chris Hemsworth shows self-respect by exercising himself and demonstrating the good things he promotes.
The Bad: Kim Kardashian
6. What behaviours does this person demonstrate to show that they are unhealthy?
Kim Kardashian gives examples of crash dieting, and even promotes it! “I would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill … and just eat the cleanest veggies and proteins.” Also recently, she posted a picture of her sucking on an ‘appetite suppressant’ lollypop, and the caption of the post (which has since been deleted) claimed the lollypop was ‘literally unreal’. This shows her promoting unhealthy methods of weight loss.
7. What do they look like? Do they look unhealthy? How do you know?
While Kim Kardashian looks good, she got there by doing unhealthy things. For example, she lost 7 kilograms just to fit into a dress, but she was losing bodily fluids and muscle which made her lighter, but not much slimmer (Through crash dieting and over-exercising).
8. What message does this celebrity promote? Why is it unhealthy?
Kim Kardashian promotes unhealthy methods of weight loss, as well as overemphasizing the importance of beauty in one’s life, which can lead to people doing unhealthy things to reach an unrealistic or unachievable standard of beauty. Kim Kardashian has also used an editing software on videos to make her appear thinner in certain places. This provides unrealistic expectations of what she looks like. Not only does she not look like that, but nobody looks like that. People will then think ‘if I buy a product, I will look like that.’ And they will keep buying unhealthy products, which some are from Kim’s own business. “So photoshopped you don’t even look like yourself, Kim.” Said a commenter on one of her posts.
9. Do you think young people should look up to this person as a role model? Why or why not?
A role model is someone who does good things and encourages (either on purpose or unintentionally) other people to do the same. Kim Kardashian not only does unhealthy things, all in the name of beauty, but promotes that other people should do it as well. She posts unreal images of herself through photoshopping and video editing, setting unreachable standards of beauty, and overemphasized the importance of beauty.
10. Is everything you hear, read or see in the media true? Discuss.
No. There are times when someone might not be picture perfect, or always happy. For example, Kim Kardashian’s Instagram shows her being always happy and perfect but in reality, everyone has some dark spots.
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Met Gala 2022: Kim Kardashian’s diet is a step in the wrong direction. (2022). Retrieved 6 June 2022, from https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/here-we-go-again-kardashian-s-met-gala-diet-a-step-in-the-wrong-direction-20220504-p5aid3.html
Centr | Chris Hemsworth Workouts & Meal Plans. (2022). Retrieved 6 June 2022, from https://centr.com/centr