Definitions and Diagnoses
According to the APA, this eating disorder involves refusal to maintain a normal weight, intense fear of gaining weight, and denial of the gravity of low body weight.
What is Anorexia?
In contrast to the negative stigma associated with obesity, anorexia is often portrayed as this.
What is a terrible illness beyond anyone’s control, often associated with white, affluent girls?
According to studies, media outlets like The New York Times and Newsweek are more likely to perpetuate negative stereotypes about these groups in their coverage of obesity.
Who are the poor and ethnic minorities?
This population group in the U.S. is generally thinner than others due to economic access to healthier foods and leisure time for exercise.
Who are wealthy white people, especially white women?
Disease advocacy groups often gain media attention by acting as these, communicating the importance of issues to policymakers and the media.
What are noisemakers?
Listed in the DSM-IV as an “Eating Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified,” this behavior involves bingeing without purging or extreme dietary restraint.
What is Binge Eating?
This characteristic of obesity is often attributed to personal failure or poor parenting, especially in low-income, minority communities.
What is lack of discipline or gluttony?
Despite causing more deaths, this factor is often less influential than advocacy groups in attracting media attention to diseases.
What is the actual disease burden or mortality rate?
Being thin can be a way for women to gain or maintain social status, particularly for women of color trying to achieve this.
What is higher class status?
Organized advocacy has been especially successful for these two diseases, resulting in substantial public attention and funding.
What are HIV/AIDS and breast cancer?
This organization defines obesity as having a BMI equal to or greater than 30.
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)?
Historically, this physical characteristic was a marker of wealth and high social status, especially before the 20th century.
What is fatness or plumpness?
What song was played during this persentation, and who sings it?
What is Good as Hell by Lizzo
Name 5 other professors in the sociology department
This term refers to the actual impact of a disease on quality of life, mortality, and healthcare costs
What is the disease burden?
What sport does Professor Ynesse competitivly partake in?
What is Pickleball?
How old is Noah?
What is 14.5 years old.
In what state is it illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket on a Sunday?
What is Georgia?
What European country is home to a town called "Hell"?
What is Norway.
Media attention is often more responsive to this rather than the actual burden of a disease.
What is the perceived burden of a disease?