Research Question: How does obesity affect your personal identity?

Banwell Cathy, Dorothy Broom, Jane Dixon, Anna Davies. “Weight of Modernity: An Intergenerational Study of the Rise of Obesity.” Springer Dordrecht, vol 1, no.1, 2012, https://link-springer-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/book/10.1007/978-90-481-8957-1#book-header. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

The main idea of this article is that it addresses the public health of people that are considered obese and informs them how dangerous the epidemic of obesity is. This article investigates the serious illness conditions that obesity can give you if you don’t take care of yourself properly. One finding that I found in this article is that the contemporary preoccupation with obesity and the meanings attributed to heavy bodies are inventions of the recent past. This article also investigates the contemporary preoccupation with obesity and the meanings attributed to heavy bodies.The article shares that fatness and thinness have varying significance in different historical and cultural settings. It also investigates how obesity prevalence is now distributed like most other chronic disease risks.

This essay is crucial to my topic because it provides valuable insights into the causes, factors, and consequences of obesity, which I can use to incorporate into my essay. It also focuses on the rise of obesity and how the population of it is increasing every day because people are not taking care of themselves. Data like this provides a more comprehensive view of the obesity issue.

I’m going to provide an overview of the obesity epidemic, its prevalence, and its significance as a global public health issue because if we don’t address it hundreds of more people will be consumed by the obesity epidemic within a couple of years. This can be used as the primary argument I intend to make in my essay. Also I will highlight the intergenerational perspective and its importance in understanding the rise of obesity. And I will finally discuss how the article’s intergenerational approach sheds light on how obesity has evolved over time because obesity has become more and more common over time because people are starting to think that it’s a regular thing and not something to be worried of.

Klaczynski A. Paul, Kristen W. Goold, Jeffrey J. Mudry. “Culture, Obesity Stereotypes, Self-Esteem, and the “Thin Ideal”: A Social Identity Perspective.” Springer Nature, vol 1, no.1, 2004,https://link-springer-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/article/10.1023/B%3AJOYO.0000032639.71472.19#Abs1. Retrieved 19 October 2023. 

The main idea of this article is that it addresses the culture of obesity and the stereotypes that are there and how it affects their self esteem overtime because they have been made into a stereotype. This article investigates on how to control your weight and self esteem so that you can help your social identity in society and remove being stereotyped as obese. One finding that I found in this article is that research with children and adults generally supports the hypothesis that obese individuals are negatively stigmatized. This article also investigates body esteem and how it can affect your mentality when you’re obese. The article shares that negative attitudes toward the obese would be related to beliefs about the causes of obesity. It also investigates the causes of obesity and how to stop it.

This essay is crucial to my topic because it focuses on  “Social Identity Perspective” which could provide me with a unique theoretical framework for analyzing my topic. It also lets me examine how individuals’ self-esteem and body image are influenced by societal and cultural factors, which offers me valuable insights for my essay. Data like this provide insights into how cultural factors shape these ideals and stereotypes.

I’m going to introduce the article and its relevance to the broader topic of obesity stereotypes, self-esteem, and the thin ideal. This can be used to provide an overview of the cultural and societal factors that contribute to the formation of body image ideals and stereotypes related to obesity. Also I will discuss how these stereotypes are perpetuated and reinforced by cultural and societal factors. And I will finally discuss the real-world consequences of these cultural influences, such as eating disorders, mental health issues, and societal discrimination.

Salas Ramos Ximena, Timothy Caulfield, Arya M. Sharma, Kim D. Raine, Mary Forhan. “Addressing Internalized Weight Bias and Changing Damaged Social Identities for People Living With Obesity.” Frontiers Journals, vol 10, no.1, 2019, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01409. Retrieved  17 October 2023.

The main idea of this article is that it addresses how obesity can change a person’s social identity and how it destroys their life along the way. This article investigates on the ways to challenge and change social identities. And the findings that I found in this article is that it talks about how weight bias and stigma can also increase both morbidity and mortality and how self-stigma can also have adverse health outcomes including poorer health related quality of life. This article also investigates into efforts to reduce weight stigma and discrimination in society, as well as promoting greater inclusivity, understanding, and empathy towards individuals with obesity. The article shares that weight bias internalization also mediates poor mental health scores in persons living with obesity. It also investigates into advocacy for more equitable access to healthcare and support for people living with obesity. 

This essay is crucial to my topic because it focuses on why obesity is a significant public health issue worldwide and it raises awareness about the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to this health problem. It also provides information on how to prevent and manage obesity through lifestyle changes, diet, exercise, and medical interventions. Information like this can convince people on why obesity is not good for people at all and will make them stray away from it right away.

I’m going to highlight the important conclusions of the essay concerning that 49,365 obese individuals demonstrate remarkable resilience and develop coping strategies like exercising and meditation to navigate their experiences. This can be used to support my claim on the impact of obesity on personal identity. Also I will explain that obesity is associated with various co-morbidities such as diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers. And I will finally highlight the importance of weight management in preventing these conditions.

Saules K. Karen, Valentina Ivesaj, Amy S. Coilings, Ashley A. Wieldemann, David Saunders-Scott, Flora Hoodin, Kevin Alschule, Nancy E. Angelella. “The contributions of weight problem perception, BMI, gender, mood, and smoking status to binge eating among college students.” Elsevier, vol 10, no.1, 2009, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2008.07.010. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

The main idea of this article is that it addresses the problems you will have for not caring about your weight and the consequences you’re going to get for not caring about yourself. This article investigates on how to stabilize your weight and they experimented by using college students as their test subjects to see the results. The findings I found in this article is that BED is associated with a host of psychological and quality of life problems that cannot be simply attributed to obesity and that obese individuals who do not binge eat do not appear to experience these same types and magnitude of problems. This article also investigates how gender differences might play a role in binge eating, considering whether male and female college students exhibit different patterns of binge eating behavior. The article shares that while binge eating may not necessarily be a direct response to negative affect, days when binges occur tend to be associated with negative mood. It also investigates how smoking habits have an impact on binge eating.

This essay is crucial to my topic because it provides valuable insights and information directly related to obesity. It also provides primary research findings and data related to the contributions of weight problem perception, BMI, gender, mood, and smoking status to binge eating among college students. Data like this can be used to support my own research findings, strengthening the empirical basis of my essay.

I’m going to discuss the contributions of weight problem perception, BMI, gender, mood, and smoking status to binge eating in college students like how it lowers the self esteem of some college students and makes them go into depression because of that. This can be used to explain how these limitations may have influenced my results. Also I will reiterate the importance of understanding the contributions of weight problem perception, BMI, gender, mood, and smoking status to binge eating in college students. And I will finally highlight the potential impact on binge eating and how they are measured in your study.

Zimmerman J. Frederick. “Using Marketing Muscle to Sell Fat: The Rise of Obesity in the Modern Economy.” Annual review of public health, vol. 32, no.1, 2010, https://doi-org.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-090810-182502. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

The main idea of this article is that it addresses the rising economy of obesity and how it attracts more people to get obese. This article investigates the increased caloric consumption people take that leads them to having an unstable diet which leads to obesity. One finding that I found in this article is that mean body mass index (BMI) increased very slowly throughout the twentieth century until about the early 1980s, at which point it began to increase substantially, accelerating further in the 1990s. This article also investigates how individual choices are highly influenced by the profit-maximizing choices of marketers. The article shares that changes in the composition of employment from a labor-intensive manufacturing and farming economy to a service economy could explain a reduction in caloric expenditure on the job. It also investigates how we understand the role of public health and how we can help people with no knowledge of it.

  This essay is crucial to my topic because this article focuses on the issue of obesity and how it is a pressing public health concern worldwide. It also focuses on bringing together multiple disciplines, including marketing, economics, psychology, and public health, which offers a multidimensional perspective on a complex issue. Data like this provides helpful information for me to put on my essay.

I’m going to introduce the article and its relevance to the topic of the rise of obesity in the modern economy. This can be used to highlight how marketing of unhealthy food and economic factors contribute to the rise of obesity. Also I will discuss how marketing and advertising techniques have been used to promote unhealthy foods and sedentary lifestyles and because of that it’s how the population of obese people keep growing every year by a substantial amount. And I will finally discuss how the modern economy has made unhealthy food more accessible and convenient for people that don’t have that much knowledge on what type of food they should eat for their body.