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    Elline Lipkin Summary

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    Research scholar Elline Lipkin discusses modern-day stereotypes that women and adolescent girls face concerning their body image in her article “Girls’ Selves: Body Image‚ Identity‚ and Sexuality.” Changes in what is considered a “normal” body type have led these women to aspire to have a certain look: a slender body‚ flawless skin‚ and delicate facial features (Lipkin 596). Lipkin accurately describes how the stereotypes have evolved over time and discusses the effects of these standards on today’s

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    Weight Management

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    Ch 10 weight management * Explain body comp and metabolic rate - depends on body size‚ composition‚ gender‚ diet‚ age‚ genes‚ hormones and activity level. -body comp = % of body fat and lean body mass [LBM] (ratio of fat tissue to nonfat tissue in body) [LBM = muscles bones and organs.] - 2 types of body fat - 1. Essential and needed for functioning // 2. Storage and can b lost thru exercise (1lb of fat= 3500 cal.) - metabolism refers to how the body utilizes fuel from nutrients (food)

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    Body Modification

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    bodyModernized Body Modification Body modification is defined as the altering‚ or adding too of one’s body. When many think of body modification‚ they think of tattoos‚ and piercing. Body modification is in fact a wide spectrum of different types of altercations‚ which may include everything from tanning to scarification. Simple modifications are not usually thought of as body modification‚ because they are so ordinary and seen as “normal”. Simple body modifications are; shaving‚ hair dying‚ teeth

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    CAS100A- Section 207 Hillary Jones Policy Speech The media has a negative influence on body image‚ specifically eating disorders Introduction (Attention Getter) 8 out 10 women who answered a People magazine survey said that images of women on television make them feel unattractive and insecure. After viewing images of female fashion models‚ 70 of women felt more depressed and angrier than they did before seeing the images. As the National Eating Disorders Association website clearly shows‚ the

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    Eating Disorder

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    years‚ Chinese aesthetics has been changing quickly. Now‚ you can easily find all kinds of diet pills on sale in stores‚ and more and more recreation centers open classes for fitness‚ such as yoga. The only purpose is to lose weight and gain a skinny body. Suddenly‚ it seems as if being skinny is equated with being “beautiful.” This is a trend and culture‚ like a hurricane sweeping around the China rapidly. Why has this new standard of beauty taken root and spread across China so quickly? In the article

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    In this picture‚ Cady is the girls’ personal Barbie doll. The girls in this picture are meant to appear shallow‚ high maintenance‚ and conceited. It fits their personalities in the movie. The photographer meets those expectations by posing their bodies and facial expressions. One thing that attracts my attention almost instantaneously‚ is the overwhelming presence of

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    Eating Dissorders

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    Anorexia and other eating disorders are long-term illnesses that are caused by an obsession of a certain body type‚ a certain image‚ and/or dieting. It usually leads to mental illness‚ like depression. This is a huge problem for teenage girls in the U.S. Eleven million people in the U.S. have an eating disorder‚ and you wouldn’t suspect it by their physical appearance. The major types of eating disorders‚ and symptoms‚ and behaviors to look for are: anorexia‚ bulimia‚ binge eating and compulsive

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    students to prevent themselves from becoming overweight or lose the weight they might have gotten. Of course it’s not to say that state or local standards of PE are not a good place to go off of. “ Developing or locating goals tied to the national (SHAPE America‚ 2014)‚ state or even district standards is an excellent place to

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    are a great way to make people aware of products‚ issues‚ and more. However‚ advertising has become a huge problem for society. The negative sides of advertising include that it creates dissatisfaction within society; advertising creates unrealistic body images and is creating an obese society. Moreover‚ advertising creates dissatisfaction within society. Advertising is the main cause to make you think you ‘want’ or ‘need’ to have something‚ to either fit in or to make you look amazing. For example

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    Many people wish to have a perfect body. Desires of having a perfect body could lead to a disorder called‚ anorexia nervosa. This disease is an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and a fear of becoming overweight. Anorexia nervosa is mainly related to an individual’s emotionality. Some of the causes of this disease are‚ personal feelings‚ stressful events‚ and cultural influences. The first cause of anorexia nervosa that is the most important cause is a worthless personal feeling

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