Hi, need to submit a 3500 words paper on the topic The Perception of the Adolescents Body Image. With continued exposure to this kind of media, the female adolescents begin to perceive thinness as the ideal norm and that they need to make more sacrifices and effort to attain it.

Extended exposure to this type of media and body image makes adolescent girls view their bodies as objects which have real value to the world only in the ideal form. Values and the ability of girls to control and improve their lives, in general, are based on physical beauty and the success to control weight. The media shows that thinness is a measure of how a woman is able to control their body and therefore has power over their social world (Goodman, 2002).

The normalized ideal body image affects the adolescents more since the pressure to become thin comes at the time when adolescents are going through major changes in their bodies. As they mature, more weight is gained and deposited around the thighs, hips and lower torso thereby leading to a deviation from the standard body. This makes them very dissatisfied with their body image. The perception of the adolescent’s body image is therefore far from being an objective evaluation, but rather it is a mental construct that affects how they feel and think about themselves and their appearance.

The second part of the survey was intended to collect data on student’s perception of their own body image. The information from this survey was collected from the teachers. The following questions were asked:

4. Do you think that teachers have a role to play in shaping the perception of students on their body image? If so, how can teachers be supportive to help students suffering from negative body image and low self-esteem as a result of deviant body images?

This study, alongside other studies, have examined this phenomenon by targeting popular beauty and fashion magazines and the influence they have on adolescents’ body images as well as their role in supporting the idea that success and happiness are derived from body image. Specifically, female adolescents are more affected since their happiness and success are linked to normative mental constructions that are meant to enhance the promotion of thinness as the epitome of beauty and a good state of health. Such ideals are, however, very unhealthy and unrealistic due to the inherent choices that adolescents make in a bit to look healthy and beautiful such as making poor and unhealthy choices in order to prevent the excessive gain of weight.

Provide a 3 pages analysis while answering the following question: Population growth index reports. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. This process includes consideration of rates of growth of economies, new developments such as opening up of markets in developing and emergent economies, technical changes that are creating new opportunities to sell and identification of long-term economic and demographic factors that are altering demand patterns. It should be mentioned that most firms will be reluctant to enter countries that have high political risks unless the potential returns are high or when countries with high political risk are providers of raw material that are in short supply. Failure to carry out such investigations can lead to costly mistakes as was discovered by many of the firms that entered the Russian and Korean markets in the belief that the fall of communism and the introduction of markets had led to political and legal conditions that were similar to those in developed countries.

All the countries selected, have the largest populations and high average population growth rate. According to the statistical data (Total Population, 2005, Average Population Growth Rate, 2005), Russia and Japan have big populations and could be potential markets for the new product, but they were excluded from the list because Russia (having 143,2 ml) expects decrease in population growth (- 0,6%), and Japan, having a population of about 128, 08 (ml), expects only 0,1% of average population growth rate.

Examining the statistical results, it is evident that China is on the top of the list having the highest population in the world. The average rate of population growth is a lower than in India and Indonesia, nevertheless, it is expected that in 2025 the population in China will be about 1,476.0 ml, in contrast to India which will has only 1,363.0 ml (2004 World Population Data Sheet, 2005). According to the survey, “China was the largest FDI destination in the world in 2003, overtaking the US” (FDI Confidence Index, 2004). It has stable political situation, and high rates of economic growth. In case of China, FDI is a very important feature of the economies of the developing countries. For many big Western companies, expansion of their sphere of operations through the establishment of branches in other countries is regarded as a key aspect of strategy, often more important than immediate returns on capital. Many firms are seeing their investments as lower than they would have to be in the future and as providing them with a first-mover advantage as those economies begin to grow significantly. Geographically FDI cover Russia, India, South America (Brazil), Middle East and North Africa. But, China remains the leader in FDI destination and potential return. In 2003, FDI inflows were $53.5 billion. The economic health of countries is also assessed to determine whether the macroeconomic conditions are conducive to stable economic conditions.