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Culture and Eating Disorders: Media and Self Image Collide
Todays society is undeniably marked by cultural norms and ideals. ...
Therefore, if the eating disorders seen in todays society are caused by the imitation of popularized images, why would Joines and Kashubeck come up with drastically different conclusions? In a study of Mexican-American females in south central Texas, the researchers found that lowered self-image is not a prerequisite for eating disorders (1996). ... Joiner and Kashubeck acknowledge the possibility that the subjects studied just did not feel acculturated enough to feel as though the popular body images applied to them (1996) but then why would these women have such a high rate of eating disorders - almost as high as the rates found in upper middle-class white women who are thought to have the highest rate of incidence?
Of all the research done in this subject, there seems to be one factor overlooked and that is the individual perpetrator of these abnormal eating patterns.
Approximate Word count = 798
Approximate Pages = 3.2
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