SOC 2070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Bulimia Nervosa, Eating Disorder, Laxative
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Eating disorders are most prevalent among white affluent women in modern industrialized countries. 30 individuals attended at least one of the meetings; attendance varied: atlas 10 individuals came nearly every sunday, 5 attended twice a month, and the rest once a month or less. Average number of people at a meeting was 12. Contact with the researcher and the respondents was also involved regularly, meeting for coffee or over the phone interviewed 15 members on top of the field notes. All white, and all but one were female. Duration of eating disorders ranged from 3 to 15 years the 1 male and 3 females were anorexic, the rest bulimic. Most of the respondents dieting figures began in the teen years. Emphasis on being slim affects everyone in our culture, but it influences women especially they were conformists; conforming to societies value of being thin because of societies traditional emphasis on women appearance.
