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21 Cards in this Set
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Body Project
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Shilling (1993) uses the term to refer to the ways that each of us adapts , changes, or controls characteristics of our bodies and whether those characteristics are voluntary or involuntary. Four different categories of body projects ; camouflaging, extending, adapting, redesigning .
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Camouflaging
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projects - "normative" techniques of body manipulation learned in socialization processes. Examples include makeup, clothing, and hairstyle
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Extending
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attempt to overcome ones physical limitations such as the case of using contact lenses or a cane
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Adapting
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Projects where parts of the body are removed or repaired for a host of ascetic or medical reasons . These include things like weight loss, muscle building ,and laser hair removal
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Redesigning
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projects that "reconstruct the body in lasting ways" such as plastic surgery, tattoos, and body piercings
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Master Status
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A category we immediately place people in upon first seeing them , which subsequently defines who a person is.
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Established Femininity
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Embodies the dominant cultural constructions of what a female body should look like
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resistant femininity
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Opposes dominant gender ideals , and thereby serves as a form of resistance to existing structures of power in society.
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Body Mass Index (BMI)
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The most common measurement tool used by physicians and scientists today. An individuals BMI is determined through a comparison of height and weight according to the following formula:
[weight in pounds/ (height in inches X height in inches)] |
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Overweight
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A BMI between 25.0 and 29.9 is considered overweight due to increased risks of high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis and more
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Obese
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A BMI of 30 and higher is considered obese with considerable risk for illness
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Underweight
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A BMI of 18.4 or lower is considered underweight due to greater risk for heart problems , lowered immunity, anemia , and death
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Anorexia Nervosa
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- at least 15% below normal body weight
- extreme fear of becoming fat - For females , must have missed 3 consecutive periods - Abnormal perception of body consisting of one of the following; Undue emphasis on weight or shape in a self evaluation, Denial of serious weight loss, distorted perception of body shape or weight |
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Atypical Anorexia
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A state in which not of the symptoms of anorexia nervousa are present but weight is still unhealthy
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Muscle Dysmorphia
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Among males more common than anorexia. This refers with a preoccupation with being to thin or small, and results in an obsession with weightlifting accompanied by anxiety/mood disorders extreme body dissatisfaction, distorted eating attitudes, and anabolic steroid use
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Ego- Pyschological Theories
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Emphasize impaired psychological functioning emerging from the child mother relationship (in relation to anorexia)
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Family systems theories
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These theories suggest that anorexia is facilitated by emotionally enmeshed , rigid, overly controlling families.
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endocrinological theories
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When looking at eating disorders this type of explanation is endocrinological in nature, exploring various hormonal defects.
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sociocultural theories
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The last category of explanations , it looks at social norms emphasizing thinness, media images, and social learning/ modelling
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primary prevention
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Involves efforts to prevent eating disorders from occurring in the first place. Entails school and community programs that raise awareness of eating disorders and there dangers as well as the media's displayed unrealistic body ideals.
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secondary prevention
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Involves identifying those young men and women who may be in the very early stages of an eating disorder
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