Is Cameron Diaz A Sociologist Summary

In the article “Is Cameron Diaz A Sociologist?” written by Mediha Din explains about Cameron Diaz book. In Diaz book she explains human health that connects it to trend in society and the health of citizens. In the article it gives a term which is sociological imagination. Sociological imagination is seeing connections between society and individual actions, events or beliefs. The sociological imagination is found in Diaz book and discusses the changes in American society due to technology. Diaz writes about how before technology came into play people used to be physical active whether in little amount or not people were active. Now people have modern technology that does the job for them. There are examples given like microwaves, frozen meals,
washing machines that cuts the work in half for someone. The article also states that people are just working were they have to sit in front of the computer 8 hours a day and not get any movement, done. Sitting for a long period time has side effects. According to a study in the Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, The side effects are risks of heart disease, high-blood pressure, and diabetes. Not only did they do a study but they also examined lifestyle of more than 17,000 men and women for over 13 years and came to the conclusions that those who sit for most of the day have a 54% chance of getting a heart attack. Din in the article goes back to sociological imagination explain that it describes the ability to examine events from a broader view point. Diaz in the book gives the example of not being able to find fast food in every corner but people actually had to go to an actual restaurant with good ingredients. To end the article Diaz explains in her book how technology has continued to influence people life and technology allows people to be lazy.