RFPD 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Body Mass Index, Kalabari Tribe, Human Body Weight
3 Jan 2017
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Ideals are pervasive throughout the media and affect on an individual level. Researchers and health professionals blame media images of thinness for incidents of anorexia and bulimia among adolescents. Ar(cid:272)haeologi(cid:272)al e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e suggests that today"s desire for a slim waistline began with the ancient greeks (ex. Study of advertisements in good housekeeping and vogue from 1950-1994. Even though (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s roles (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ged (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidera(cid:271)ly, ho(cid:449) they (cid:449)ere portrayed (dress a(cid:374)d (cid:271)ody position) did not. From 1994-2002 saw a move toward less stereotypical (i. e. , corporate career woman, independent) feminine presentation. Study found that 15% of women and 11% of men would trade more than 5 years of their lives to be at their ideal body weight. Both men and women name the stomach as the most problematic area of the body. Fashion industry also blamed for obsession with body ideals, especially thinness for women and muscularity for men. Madrid fashion week- instituted minimum body mass. Italian designers- banned size 0 in 2006.
