Talk:Body image
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[edit] Documentation for claims
The article makes assertions about women's consciousness regarding weight.
This is appropriate for some women. Some are too concerned about body weight. On the other hand, many women (and of course men) are not thinking and acting in a healthy manner regarding their weight. A very high proportion of American males and females are obese. Dogru144, 12:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Your point? Obese people may be just as concerned about their body weight as their skinny counterparts.
Mention some case studies? It will make the reader understand the concept more practically.
[edit] Advertisments
Why does this word not appear when the standar pair of reference brackets are used? I removed them, so that the word advertisments would appear. I will first try to put s after the closing brackets. Dogru144, 12:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Measuring Body Image
I don't understand how body image is measured and how it may identify obese people as having a poor body image just because they are aware that they are obese. Is there an example of the questions asked?Guava 19:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
I removed some of the statements that attempted to link "healthy" weight expectations with predicted body image perceptions.Guava 19:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Attractiveness and social issues
This isn't linked very well with body image. "Ideal" body shape should be an individual assessment, not a collective assessment.Guava 19:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] More Info Needed
There is considerable research done about body image. One important source that covers such research is Sarah Grogan's Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women and Children. Body Image is actually a huge topic that needs a lot of work.
Yyarin 00:33, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Body Image vs. Body Imaging
Body image is the idea of what the body should look like. It is a social and culturally defined perception. Body imaging is the idea of how one's brain unconciously "sees" the body. It is based on the neural representation in the brain either by motor neurons or sensory neurons. I'm not sure if Body Imaging is the appropriate term, but these two concepts are incredibly different from each other, further, as I have stated in another comment, Body Image is a very large topic, Body Imaging can probably be covered in about one or two paragraphs.
Yyarin 00:32, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
