Christian Jessen
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Dr Christian Jessen, the presenter of the C4's Embarrassing Bodies and Supersize/Superskinny offers a lesson in teaching teenagers about their own often embarrassing health concerns.He heads for a Year 11 GCSE class of pupils at Lilian Baylis Technology school in south London.Under the watchful eye of teacher Leoni Martin, Christian has an open and frank exchange with pupils about body image, bodily functions and dispels some popular myths about acne and testosterone and chewing gum! He offers some excellent advice for teachers on how to deal with embarrassing topics and illustrates how to successfully convey important health information to teenage pupils.
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14 min
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Date of Publication
2009
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Alexander Street
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