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   Body, Self, and Society: The View from Fiji » Read Now

   by Anne E. Becker. 210 pgs.

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   ...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Becker, Anne E. Body, Self, and society: the view from Fiji/ Anne E. Becker. p. cm...44 2.5. Desire to change or maintain weight, Fijian...
   
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   Selling Stereotypes: Weight Loss Infomercials, Sexism, and Weightism, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now

   by Bruce Blaine, Jennifer McElroy. 7 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

   ...heavyweight people in American society. Our concern in this paper...infomercials, particularly weight loss/diet product infomercials...Female Ideal weight 12.13 5.99...at...
   
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   Women and Weight: Gendered Messages on Magazine Covers, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now

   by Amy R. Malkin, Kimberlie Wornian, Joan C. Chrisler. 9 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

   ...Women and weight: gendered messages on magazine...construction of the "beauty ideal" that society holds up to women (Faludi, 1991...Instead of simply reflecting the weight...
   
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   Gender Differences in Undergraduates' Body Esteem: The Mediating Effect of Objectified Body Consciousness and Actual/Ideal Weight Discrepancy, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now

   by Nita Mary McKinley. 11 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

   ...determine the usefulness of the OBC scales and actual/ideal weight discrepancy in accounting for gender differences in body esteem...OBC scales, however, were developed...
   
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   Parent, Peer, and Media Influences on Body Image and Strategies to Both Increase and Decrease Body Size among Adolescent Boys and Girls, in Adolescence » Read Now

   by Marita P. McCabe, Lina A. Ricciardelli. 16 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

   ...644 females). In particular, it investigated weight gain and increased muscle, as well as weight loss. It was found that females were less satisfied...were more likely to...
   
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   Rethinking Traditional Weight Management Programs: A 3-Year Follow-Up Evaluation of a New Approach, in Journal of Psychology » Read Now

   by Karen M. Carrier, Mary A. Steinhardt, Sally Bowman. 19 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

   ...programs have promoted weight loss in the interest...addition, American society encourages the pursuit...as changes in body weight and nutritional...effort to combat...