advertising

these 3 weeks we learn abt advertising. i was like wow!!!!!! i cant believe people go around cities to get style and take pictures of people on the street. there is different types of advertising such as sexual, comedy, drinking and smoking, etc.

lisette loza
(PHA) PUBLIC HEALTH ACADEMY

Mo Project

-This past weeks in Our PHA class we have been doing learning about all type of ways that companies incoopperate there products into our TV shows or just mainly what we watch. They study everything they do before they do it because they want teens to like what there trying to sell. Theirs many shows that have incoopperated companies products like MTV etc... Also we learned about how much our enviroment affects our living style and eating ways. Like in mostly all communities there is more liqour stores around then there is any healthy food markets. Like where i live there is 3 liqour stores around and only 1 food market.
-Odalys Nunez

Team FRESH Youth: The Merchants of Cool

Over the past few weeks, me and my peers have been learning about the MO Project. What I have learned is that your environment can really affect your life. I learned that groceries stores, liquor stores, gas stations, restaurants, and parks can affect your health and your life span. I’ve noticed that Oakland has a lot of neighborhoods where there is way more liquor stores than grocery stores that provide Fresh produce. Also, I have learned that the more gas stations there are, the more chances of asthma attacks. In conclusion, this is some of the many things that the MO project has showed me.

-Erik Campos

Importance of exercise

During the Mo project I learned the importance of exercising. And we made a poem to inform youths about the benefits of exercise. My poem start like this:

Exercise is important to you and me
sleep better, eat better and live better
Don't ever say it's too hard
too boring
or too much time
Because you know exercise is good for you

Exercise

everybody need's to exercise

if you want to be strong

and if you want to bench 250 lbs

and everybody need's to exercise

because it will pay off

and you need to do it if you

want to be big and strong

-Jose Lopez

The Merchants of Cool

What i learned from the movie ''The Merchants of Cool'' is that commercials are affecting teens nowadays. What i mean by affecting is that they have negative impacts on teens. Everyone has a celebrity that they admire. Everyone wants to involve into '' Cool '' category. However, how does teens get affected? The answer has to be commercials. Research shows that about 70% of teens own a television in their room. That means that every teens watch commercials on their television When they see their favorite celebrity on television promoting a product or dressing for a brand, they get influenced. Commercials have slogans that get teens involved into their products. The commercial company even pay billions of money to study research about teens. ( i.e what they like, who's their favorite celebrity, what's the hottest trend.) Everything they are doing is giving huge impacts on teens and is mostly on the negative side. In my opinion, commercials should focus more on what teens really need not just influencing the teens with their negativity.