Promoting public health is an important goal of human development. According to Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010), public health is a service which accommodates an individual’s approach to healthcare, disease prevention and health promotion. Whether social conformity protects public health has created debate on many issues amongst various stakeholders. Myer (2009, p. 680) defined social conformity as a special type of social influence that changes an individual’s behaviour or belief in order to be a part of one group. For example, Latina immigrants since moving to the United States conform to the consumption of processed food due to work pressure, which makes them become the obese (Agne et al., 2011, p. 1064). This essay argues
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Firstly, the influence of parents and peer group smoking can lead to young smokers’ initiation. A study by Cole et al (2013, p.1612) conducted a survey of 31,396 Canadian secondary school students and indicated that parents and peer smoking were the main contributive factors of adolescent daily smoking (75.7% and 72.1%, respectively). This evidence shows that young people have the tendency to smoke in the company of heavy-smokingrather than a non-smoking parent or peer. Secondly, the choice of smoking reflects a desire to be in harmony in a group. A study by Megan E Passey (2011, p.6) surveyed fourteen Aboriginal women and conducted 22 individual interviews confirms that most participants smoked to attain social status and gain acceptance from others. This is because they are influenced by social structure of Aboriginal communities and parenting, …show more content…
This is because this ideal stereotypes might cause body dissatisfaction that can lead to eating disorders.Firstly, the ideal of beauty are relatively conveyed by social media. A study by A. Dakanalis (2014, p.35) survey 408 undergraduate womenindicates that perception of media ideals relatively anticipate women’s disordered eating behaviours with the correlation between international of media Ideal and Disordered Eating Behaviours was 0.41. It is common accepted that a slender is more attractive than average figure so people are easily sufferinganorexia. A review of nearly 50 years of research (AJ Mitchell 2011, p.724) shows that anorexia contributes the highest mortality involved eating disorders (National Eating Disorders, 2011). Secondly, people who more concerned about their appearance are easily engaging ineating disorders. A study by Renee N. Carey (2013, p. 256) investigated 224 female Year 10 students private schools illustrates that the correlation coefficient between body image concern and dieting behaviour was relatively high (0.61). This means that people who experience body dissatisfaction so they engage in unhealthy practices or food in order to become more attractive, which results in higher levels of negative dieting behaviours. To conclude, social mediapromotes slenderness as the way to gain social status and acceptance, which makes people more concern about their
Firstly, the influence of parents and peer group smoking can lead to young smokers’ initiation. A study by Cole et al (2013, p.1612) conducted a survey of 31,396 Canadian secondary school students and indicated that parents and peer smoking were the main contributive factors of adolescent daily smoking (75.7% and 72.1%, respectively). This evidence shows that young people have the tendency to smoke in the company of heavy-smokingrather than a non-smoking parent or peer. Secondly, the choice of smoking reflects a desire to be in harmony in a group. A study by Megan E Passey (2011, p.6) surveyed fourteen Aboriginal women and conducted 22 individual interviews confirms that most participants smoked to attain social status and gain acceptance from others. This is because they are influenced by social structure of Aboriginal communities and parenting, …show more content…
This is because this ideal stereotypes might cause body dissatisfaction that can lead to eating disorders.Firstly, the ideal of beauty are relatively conveyed by social media. A study by A. Dakanalis (2014, p.35) survey 408 undergraduate womenindicates that perception of media ideals relatively anticipate women’s disordered eating behaviours with the correlation between international of media Ideal and Disordered Eating Behaviours was 0.41. It is common accepted that a slender is more attractive than average figure so people are easily sufferinganorexia. A review of nearly 50 years of research (AJ Mitchell 2011, p.724) shows that anorexia contributes the highest mortality involved eating disorders (National Eating Disorders, 2011). Secondly, people who more concerned about their appearance are easily engaging ineating disorders. A study by Renee N. Carey (2013, p. 256) investigated 224 female Year 10 students private schools illustrates that the correlation coefficient between body image concern and dieting behaviour was relatively high (0.61). This means that people who experience body dissatisfaction so they engage in unhealthy practices or food in order to become more attractive, which results in higher levels of negative dieting behaviours. To conclude, social mediapromotes slenderness as the way to gain social status and acceptance, which makes people more concern about their