WS102 Lecture Notes - Sub-Saharan Africa, Obstetrics And Gynaecology, Medicalization
26 Mar 2013
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*ideas about women"s health and wellness dominated by media images, which are reinforced by the medical industry. *the increasing media and medical attention to the obesity epidemic although there is little consensus as to what, exactly, obesity is. *the body mass index (bmi) which makes little distinction between body types, metabolism, bone structure, etc. *perceptions o f female athletes as healthy yet they are often bulimic/anorexic, or are much bigger than the images of healthy women we see in fitness magazines. *the ideal body type for women strongly influences what the medical industry presents as healthy. *although we long for the good old days when people were healthier, life expectancy and activity levels have steadily increased. *death rates are known as mortality rates, while morbidity refers to ill health, disease, and disability. *morbidity is affected by class, ethnicity, and other aspects of identity.
