SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Binge Eating, Social Fact, Eating Disorder
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The analytic method: explaining obesity by refuting other theories explained by other people. Crosley: slimness, fitness, health, efficiency, self mastering, have become core aspects of our society. Great value on self mastering, proven to other by our bodies meanwhile so many people in our society are overweight despite their efforts to please society and self master, prohibited by social structures. Crosley is trying to explain why obesity rates have increased over the last 30 years. Monitoring the obesity trend of the whole population not just a certain group in society. Us obesity rate > canadian obesity rate. Comparing rates of obesity of different social classes - social fact. For women; the lower social class increases your risks of becoming obese. Personal obesity rates: becoming disabled, falling ill (disease), living in a city where it"s harder to get outside and get exercise. Men who work in manual labour tend to be less obese (getting exercise at work)
