PSY 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Endorphins, Attachment Theory, Eating Disorder
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Fat people cannot maintain weight loss because of genetics. People are getting fatter all over the world. Dieting alone causes metabolic rate to drop. Diet and moderate exercise cause weight loss. Increased abundance of fast food: consumption of high-calorie soft drinks, decline of exercise and other expenditures of energy. Increased portion sizes of food & drink: abundance of highly varied foods. Culture of consumption: eating habits & activity levels shaped by cultural customs and standards of ideal body. Fat may be sign of health & affluence in men; sexual desirability in women. English canadians hold negative attitudes towards obese people. An eating disorder characterized by fear of being fat, a distorted body image, radically reduced consumption of food, and emaciation. Passionate (romantic) love: love characterized by a whirlwind of intense emotions and sexual passion. It is the stuff of crushes, infatuations, love at first sight , and the early stage of love affairs . yeah baby!
