Beneath the Skin: Analyzing College Females with Eating Disorders In "Girls in the 90s: A Gender-Based Model for Eating Disorder Prevention," Sandra Friedman discusses the importance of weight for women and particularly for young girls. Adolescent females feel that they are "fat&quo...

Outline Thesis: Anorexia is more than just starvation. I. Definition II. Who is affected A. One doctor's opinion III. What are the symptoms IV. What are the consequences V. Causes of anorexia A. Emotional B. Family/Genetic factors C. Cultural factors D. Psychologica...

What is like to live as an obese person in our society at a time when obesity and fat individuals are increasingly disparaged? How does being overweight come to dominate a person's social identity and self-concept? These are the type of questions that I address in my research with the aim to...

Health is described as physical and mental well-being and freedom from disease, pain or defect. However, such descriptions only superficially define the concept of health. There may be many occasions when individuals are not necessarily ill or in pain but may be overweight, stressed or unfit. Hea...