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Peer reviewedMcBride, Leslie G. – Journal of the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors, 1985
Identifies sociocultural factors contributing to the current emphasis on thinness, examines the negative impact this has had on women's body image, identifies major risk factors in the development of negative body image, and presents focus issues and related strategies designed to enhance body image and prevent development of related problems.…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Cultural Influences, Females
Peer reviewedGard, Michael; Wright, Jan – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2001
Examines how certainty about children, obesity, exercise, and health is produced in the context of 'expert' knowledge and recontextualized in the academic and professional physical education literature. Argues that the unquestioning acceptance of the obesity discourses in physical education helps to construct anxieties about the body, which are…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Image, Body Weight, Health Education
