Unit 5  Section 2Exercise 5 The culture of obesityJack Black
Clinical correlate #3 The culture of obesity
Listen to the following clip (Jack Black), which provides in a short vignette a comprehensive account of the societal contributions to the obesity epidemic. Answer the study questions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7fXngeDD50
JB- Kage
KG- yea?
JB- Lets go to the Drive Thru
KG- oh good i'm starvin
KG,JB-*vvvvvvlllll-zrrrrr (car noises)*
W- may i help you, this is Erl
JB- yea uhm..
W- hello?
JB- uhm..
W- can i have your order?
JB- yea.... hold on a second i'm looking at the menu..
W- Ok
JB- uuuhh--
W- (interrupts)---would you like special curley fries??
JB- please, don-don't offer me anything..... I'll tell YOU what I want...
W- Ok
JB- uhm.. ok.. ya know how you got the 6 piece nuggets?
W- 6 piece chicken nuggets?
JB- just uh.. can you give me just 4 nuggets? i-i'm trying ta-
W- (Interrupts) they come in 6 or 12 piece...
JB- SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO MY ORDER! take the 6 nuggets and throw 2 of them away.. i'm just wanting the 4 nugget, thing.. i'm trying to watch my, calorie intake...
W- (interrupts) they come in 6 or 12 piece nuggets....
JB- PUT TWO OF THEM UP YOUR ASS, AND GIVE ME 4 chicken McNuggets!!!
W- ok... 4 piece chicken nuggets... would you like--
JB- (interrupts) then uhm... cani have a Jr Western Bacon Chee... A JUNIOR, western bacon Chee.. i'm tryin to watch my figure...
W- western bacon cheese burger..
JB- A JUNIOR western bacon Chee...
W- would you like that with onions?
JB- no onions....
W- ok
JB- uhm--
W- Jr bacon cheese, 4 piece chicken nugget..
JB- and i'm gonna go with, uh... a fillet of fish sandwich.. since that has less calories.. cause it's fish..
W- Fillet of fish...
JB- Ya know.. If you could take a coca-cola.. and just go half coca-cola and half Diet Coke.. cause i'm tryin to watch my figure... Gotta lose some of the weight..
W- you want it half, coca-cola, half die--
JB- And a SMALL.. a SMALL chocolate shake.. cause i'm trying to watch my figure... notta large, a small..
W- they come in medium small, or medium large.... Small Chocolate Shake
JB- Also a small seasoned Curleys... a small seasoned Curleys...
W- ok a small seasoned curleys.. wha---
JB- Ok uhm... ffffffffffffffff-uck my ass what else? give me uh.. aright Cherries Jubilee, and thats it..
W- cherries Jubilee...
JB- wha- kage.. whadda you want?
KG- uh... jeez.. lemmee have a uhm.. i think iwant the regular uh.. western bacon cheese burger, large shake... uh, seasoned curle----
JB- (interrupts) OH GOD!!! GDAA-G- COME ONE WITH THE ORDER! TAKE FOREVER!!
KG- gta.. ok thats it thats all i want.. thats all i want...
JB- Good..... How much is that Sur?
W- that'll be uuhh.. 14.75, at the window please.. please drive up..
JB- do you have any money??
KG- oh sheez... uhm... boo... oh god.... yea i got...yes.. i got like..
JB- Give it ta me...
KG- uh here...
JB- mmmkay... we only have ah... alright.. (yells) We're gonna need to cancel the last two things on the order...
W- ok.. uh.. ca-
KG- thank you.. lets go..
Study questions
- What barriers to weight control does this conversation address?
- Imagine that the following image depicts a physician and a patient. What does this interpretation say about the managing the individual’s obesity?
3. Ferdinand Botero is famous for his paintings of persons with heft. View some of these paintings and reflect on what obesity contributes to the characterization of Botero’s subjects. What is the connection between personal appearance and health, and how does that connection inform the physician’s counseling role?
http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Fernando_Botero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRwAZ3inuuo&feature=related
http://www.articons.co.uk/botero.htm
4. Chair exercise: Look at the chair depicted in this link. How does it represent our culture of obesity?
5. Adding to what you already have, make a comprehensive list of cultural, socioeconomic and societal factors involved in the US obesity epidemic.
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