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The Canadien Champion, Friday, Apil 9,1i999 -11 It s a given Experts say foliowing crowd can be harmful By CLAUDIA D'SOUZA Spec«al to The Champion ow intertwined is the Hmind with health issues such as eating disorders and body image struggles? Just ask Michael Lavelle. The University of Toronto counselling specialist was the guest speaker at a recent seminar co-hosted at Halton regional headquarters by tbe Body Image Network of Halton and the Body Image Coalition of Peel. Mr. Lavelle's theoriea target why so many people have littie regard for their own bealtb. "Wby are ao many people smoking, flot exercising and flot doing a lot they should to take better care of their healtb?" he asked. "It haa to do with the wanting, longing pain tbat's so close to tbe surface of life, called existential pain." In bis lexperience, moat people's prob- lems can be reduced to tbe four 'givens' of existential pain; deatb, freedom (making our lives as we will), lonelineas and seek- ing meaning. He bas neyer met anyone wbo isn't struggling wîtb at lest one of tbese four 'givens.' Just as people choose bow they deal witb their exiatential pain, tbey also choose their own ilînesses, Mr. Lavelle believes. Drinking, smoking, staring in front of tbe television and control issues such as eating disorders are cboices tbat affect our lîves. "You must recognize life is a series of cboices. If you're depressed you can do sametbing about if or live witb it - tbere's always a cboice. Depression is a great motivator; it makes you take respon- sibility for your own life." -ADVERTORAL WIN COOLERS Wtne coalera are a fairly new item for my induatry, but are extremely popular on the commercial market. At Hogahead we hava been maldng wvine coolera for 3 yeara now and hava had graat auccess, fhey gel more popular every year. We aller 21 types of coolera for our cuatomera ta make. Same of the types ta chooae tram are Hard Lemonade, Cranberry Hard Lemonade, Raspberry, Peach, Wildberry, Strawberry Banana Breeze, and Tangerine Tango. As well as alcohol based coolers we can also do ail 21 flavours into non-alcoholic carbon- ated beveragea. The cost of the wine based coolers slart at $2.l5Ilire while the non- alcoholic ones are $1 .25Aitre. There are two ways ta do the coolers; the tiraI as ta choose the type you want (such as a Hard Lemonade) and baffle il. The second way is ta do a variety of types, although this limita the number available, il widens the variety you will be able ta serve your guesîs as well as yourself. Malcing your own coolers at Hogshead Brew Club is inexpensive and easy. If lakes onîy 5 minutes ta make and ail summer ta enjoy. There wiIl be several af lhe non-alcohoîic coolers ta try and baffle in the near future. Drap in for a sample of summer! Speciala for the month of April: Moma Chenin Blanc, Pinot Noir, Barbera. 521er Cascade Dry (European beer), Dan & Dave's (domestic: *~dry) Please watch for aur next col- ' umn appearing Friday, April 23rd. Darren Goortzen IIOGSHEAD BREW CLUB 100 Nipissing Rd. 878-2646 Unit #1 1, Milton goertzeneglobaIserve.net Following Mr. Lavelle's opening address, one of four related worksbops conducted by Oakville family tberapist Diane Garley, delved into the issues sur- mounding tecns and body image. People are familiar with those at the extreme end of the body image continuum - they are the higb profile victims of the eating disorders like Karen Carpenter and Princeas Diana. But Ms Garley states more and more teens and young girls are being swcpt toward that end of the continuum in frigbt- ening numbers. The statistîcs.compiled by Halton's healtb department tell the story. Sixty-five percent of girls in Grade 7 and 8 are trying to lase weight, 37 per cent of I1 -year-olds, 42 per cent of I 3-year-olds and 48 per cent of 15-year-olds say they need ta lose weight, even tbough they're already witbin normal standards. One in 10 teenage girls between 12 and 19 manifest signa of sub-clinical eating disorders, that is, distorted tbinking not severe enough ta be a full-blnwn eating disorder. A phenomenan of Westemn culture, eat- ing disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia invalve camplex emotional issues witb roats in poor self-esteem, feeling unloved and/or unlovable, unwortby and incapable of talcing control except for food intake, Ms Garley explained. Most who suffer from them are bright and accom- plished. Part of the problem is the values society bolds near and dear - beauty, perfection, youthfulness, power and success. The vast majority of youtb draw a per- ilous association between body size and being attractive, powerful and accom- plished. This is perpetuated through the distortcd anid manipulated images tbey see in magazines, on television and in the movies. 'Ibese distorted images are ingrained in our culture," Ms Garley says. "They see physical perfection as a way to attain tbe better thinga in life. There is pressure ta conform. We must educate tbem on the subliminal and insidious metbods. used in advertising." Wbat young people also need ta realize is that their genes play a key rote in wbat their bodies look like. Only 4 per cent of tbe population bave the genes that make them "model" material. "Teens mistakenly tbink tbey can alter tbeir shape by reducing their weigbt," says Ms Garley. "You can't change that. It's uniquely ours and beyond aur control and cruel practices sucb as vomiting, using laxatives, enemas and starvation will not work. WYe should empbasize fitness, not body size." Parental bebavior and attitudes toward dieting, exercise and food in general have a buge influence on children, she stressed, and can encourage dieting and a preoccu- pation witb weigbt. "God created a myriad of body types. Youtb need ta realize the key ta succes doesn't lie in the batbroom, scales but in the courage ta accept theroselves, seek new challenges, being informed and tbink- ing independently." re -çYou AWoman Aged 35 to 65? Then Your Heart Matters! Are you a "risk takr with your heart? Please Attend "RISKY BUSINESS' A free hcalthy heart awareness semîinar Watch for your Money Savings (OUPOM COMING AT THE END 0F APRIL ,MLA"9 ,w~a + ,i, Nl111 W S UNI &mu - Fffl ý4 niai P--r a'ea u' £WaCl 'Hut Siiia rnM - opsmMc miUC ReTC-useAAD What cloes Aprilf mean j0oou To Miio ns wiîh: P.,rkdnson's IDise. s *ApMl is ýW.orld Palnotwarees Monthf. " Aprdil 1s.World ýPardmon.Day which celebrate .s the brth of Dr. James Parldnson. Fact File * D)r. 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