SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fat Acceptance Movement, Marilyn Wann, Body Mass Index

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 808
• Professor: Donna Appavoo

Document Summary

Obesity and being overweight are typically measured using the body mass index or bmi. This is calculated by dividing a person"s weight (in kilograms) by the square of their height (in meters). An adult of 18 years or over with a bmi of 30+ is deemed obese. an adult with a. Bmi of 25 to 29. 9 is deemed overweight. Larger people are at fault for (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g o(cid:448)er(cid:449)eight (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they"re lazy. Obesity rates have drastically increased since 1979. A branch of social science that studies the relationships between individuals and society and between markets and the state. He discusses the types of food available in supermarkets and schools. He was interested in the a(cid:448)aila(cid:271)ility of (cid:862)pseudo-foods(cid:863) a(cid:374)d researched this at 12 loblaws, a&p and sobeys. His research showed that supermarkets devote entire aisles to pseudo-foods, and these foods are heavily marketed at the check-out and through numerous advertising displays.