1.Read Size Bias as a Social Construction from Tolerance.org
2.Read In Mauritania, Seeking to End an Overfed Ideal from the July 4, 2007, New York Times
3.Read Study Finds TV Alters Fiji Girls’ View of Body from the May 20, 1999, New York Times
Based on the three readings above, offer your thoughts on the following suggestions to improve the average American’s comprehension of the ideal body image:
What steps can we as individuals take in an effort to reshape our body image? Might it be as simple as not looking at or buying magazines that promote false images of bodies (as we learn in Jean Kilbourne’s Killing Us Softly 4)? How we can learn to turn the dislikes of our own bodies into likes? How can we avoid prejudging others based on their bodies?
Do a quick Google search on one or more of the following and, after reviewing reliable sources on the topic, share (briefly) what you’ve learned:
1.Overeating is the cause of obesity; obese people eat more than non-obese people
2.Obese people are lazy and unfit
3.Body fat is unhealthy; you cant be overweight and healthy
4.Obese people are at greater risk for disease and a shorter life expectancy
5.Weight loss improves health and lengthens life
6.Long term treatment for obesity through dieting is successful.
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