Nutrition & Wellness – Biology 50

Teaching Our Children to Have a Healthy Self Image: Dove’s Onslaught Campaign

June 2, 2008

With two young daughters and knowing the young girls in particular can start worrying about their weight as early as age 5-6, I am very concerned about the impact the media has on our youth. They estimate that average US girl has the opportunity to see over 77,000 commercials by the time she is 12 years old.

Dove’s Onslaught Ad takes a look at how the fashion and beauty industry advertising is having an impact on our children, in particular our young girls.

Talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does.

This advertisement from Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty shows many of the fashion images that a young girl will be exposed to in the media.

While I like Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty, but they are still in the business themselves of selling beauty products.

Entry Filed under: Children, Health, Nutrition News, Truth in Advertising, Wellness. Tags: Advertising and Children, Beauty Advertising, Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, Fashion advertising, Impact of Advertising, Media Influences, Onslaught.