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GMTV - Anti-Fat!
In light of the stick they got over the April fools they did, they have now put out their 'Bikini body' segment, where they are going to help women look good for summer! Great... however!
The advert for it is a bit wrong I think! It shows overweight people on a beach walking about with a voice-over saying "You don't want to look like this, this summer" It cuts to some skinny models and voiceover says "You want to look like this!"
GMTV promises to help us all get a body like that! What a load of rubbish and a real way of making women feel even more inadequate!
Rant over!
The advert for it is a bit wrong I think! It shows overweight people on a beach walking about with a voice-over saying "You don't want to look like this, this summer" It cuts to some skinny models and voiceover says "You want to look like this!"
GMTV promises to help us all get a body like that! What a load of rubbish and a real way of making women feel even more inadequate!
Rant over!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I kind of agree with you that it's not fair to be telling the viewer what they want to look like. There are loads of women who are grossly overweight and don't feel good about themselves and to pu the idea into their head that they can be skinny by Summer, which is a matter of weeks away, is not healthy and is poor judgement on GMTV's part as I imagine that a lot of women take what they say as gospel, therefore GMTV are abusing that position.
I do have a but though......to be grossly overweight really isn't healthy and I do think that those that are should be encouraged to lose a bit. If GMTV were serious about helping those that want it rather than only pull in the ratings, then they should have started the campaign at the beginning of the year and the target being the UK average size 16, not the minority size 8.
I do have a but though......to be grossly overweight really isn't healthy and I do think that those that are should be encouraged to lose a bit. If GMTV were serious about helping those that want it rather than only pull in the ratings, then they should have started the campaign at the beginning of the year and the target being the UK average size 16, not the minority size 8.
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Yes I agree with you, that would be far more realistic and it would allow people to feel that they are in sight of loosing weight. But the comparison is so unrealistic! It's self defeating just looking at the skinny women!
I think the point is that being over weight is unhealthy, but the advert isn't promoting health, just the beauty aspect of it!
I think they have good ideas, but they could do with a bit more tact when promoting I suppose!
Oh well!
Yes I agree with you, that would be far more realistic and it would allow people to feel that they are in sight of loosing weight. But the comparison is so unrealistic! It's self defeating just looking at the skinny women!
I think the point is that being over weight is unhealthy, but the advert isn't promoting health, just the beauty aspect of it!
I think they have good ideas, but they could do with a bit more tact when promoting I suppose!
Oh well!
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