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Body Image, Body Health and Pathology, 2005.
An overview of eating disorders and anorexia and their seriousness.
5,322 words (approx. 21.3 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 131.95
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This is a detailed paper about eating disorders and anorexia. The paper describes the symptoms, the segment of the population most affected by eating disorders, the physical problems prolonged eating disorders can cause and some the environmental, physiological and psychological conditions that might predispose some to developing an eating disorder. The paper also explains that there are far more women with eating disorders than men and points out that this is an important factor in determining the causes of eating disorders. Additionally, the paper discusses treatment methods and prevention programs.
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"Eating disorders and anorexia are becoming more commonplace today, and this is true particularly of young women, although older people and men sometimes also suffer from them. It is important to look at this issue as it relates to body image and how one feels about one's body, but also important to see it in the light of the way that one trusts oneself and others, and the hope for the future that is sometimes absent from the lives of these individuals. Such problems as depression can often play a large role in whether someone has problems with body image and eating disorders."
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Eating Disorders and The Relationship Between Self and Body, 1995.
An exploration of eating disorders in relationship to a negative body image and a negative relationship to the body in which the individual disowns the body, struggles with it and generally exists in a split state in which self and body are in opposition.
3,825 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 16 sources, $ 135.95
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"Eating Disorders
The intention in this paper is to explore eating disorders in terms of their relationship to a negative body image and a negative relationship to the body in which the individual disowns the body, struggles with it, and generally exists in a split state in which self and body are seen to be in opposition.
There is considerable research available about both the causes of eating disorders and the way in which society views individuals who are overweight. In addition, there have been many discussions of the way in which the society's premium on thinness and a childlike body contributes to anorexia nervosa in different populations, particularly adolescent girls.
What has not been explored in such detail is the way in which eating disorders ..."
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Alcohol and the Body, 2000.
A research proposal to define the effects that excessive alcohol consumption has on body fat and body composition.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 15 sources, $ 95.95
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"Introduction
Over the years, attempts have been made to define the contribution of excessive alcohol consumption to changes in body composition and body fat content. There is no doubt that excessive alcohol consumption leads to destruction of the liver, and thus associated body composition changes, and that many alcoholics appear undernourished, as they drink rather than eat, but the actual contributions of alcohol intake to body composition and body fat have been poorly studied. In the next section, some of the studies on the affect of alcohol on body fat and body composition will be examined. A proposed study to define the effects of excessive alcohol consumption on changes in body fat and body composition will be outlined. Knowing how alcohol affects body composition may give clinicians a clue as to..."
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Self-Esteem and Body Image, 2005.
This paper is a complete research project including an extensive bibliography, studying the relationship of body image and self-esteem of girls and boys, ages 9 and 10, from Glasgow, England.
7,685 words (approx. 30.7 pages), 55 sources, APA, $ 167.95
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This paper explains that the intention of this study was to determine how early in their lives children, especially girls, are influenced by the media concerning their body image;and if that influence has any profound or pronounced effect, if the exposure begins during the pre-pubescent period. The author used (1) a self-assessment questionnaire of girls and boys, ages 9 and 10, from two different schools administered by the classroom teacher during regular class sections coupled with (2) the teacher's assessment of the child's self-esteem. This paper concludes that, more significantly with girls than with boys, weight and body image are inextricably linked as early as age nine with children already incorporated concerns of attractiveness as powerful indicators of how these children evaluate their own self-esteem. Tables.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Media influence
Other Influences on Body Image and Self-Esteem in Girls
Taking Objectification a Step Further
The Effect of Body Image in Adolescence
Factors Suggesting the Need for Child-Centred Body-Image/Self-Esteem Studies
Rationale
Hypotheses
Methods
Social Comparisons to Models and Peers
Body Image Satisfaction
Body Mass Index
Results
Relationships between Body Dissatisfaction and Reported Social Comparison
Correlations Between Body Dissatisfaction and Social Comparisons to Models and Peers by Gender
Multiple Regressions of Body Dissatisfaction on BMI, Grade, and
Attractiveness Attributes by Gender
Means and Standard Deviations for Social Comparison to Models and Same-Sex Peers by Gender
Teacher Assessments of Self-Esteem
Discussion
Conclusion
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"Because of the ages of the children in the study, it was decided that the best way to assess self-esteem would be to interview the teachers of the children concerning which children suffered from low self-esteem, and then correlate their answers with those of the children. An almost 100 percent correlation was found among girls between higher weights and low self-esteem. For boys, the correlation between body shape was stronger than the correlation with weight per se. It is easy to conclude, therefore, that "Whether or not they are too heavy, females who see themselves as overweight show decreased satisfaction with their bodies, reduced levels of self-esteem, and lowered psychosocial well-being, as compared with males, in general, and with females who do not consider themselves overweight.""
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Descartes' Body-Mind Dualism, 2008.
A look at Rene Descartes' theory of body-mind dualism.
1,720 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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The paper discusses Rene Descartes' belief about the dualism of mind and body in which Descartes states that the mind and body can exist and function independently from each other.. The writer of the paper first looks at Descartes' four categories of explanations for his body-mind dualism arguments and then explains why he believes that, regardless of the multitude of forces brought in favor of the body - mind dualism, one cannot correctly state that body and mind can function on their own.
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Dualism of Mind and Body
Support of Mind - Body Dualism
Personal Belief
Conclusions
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"Rene Descartes is regarded as one of the greatest minds humanity has ever mastered. Born in France, he became specialized in several subjects, such as theology, philosophy, literature, mathematics, law or medicine. A firm sustainer of the sciences, Descartes believed that everything surrounding him could be explained as a combination of mathematics and another subject. "Descartes, who was convinced that science and mathematics could be used to explain everything in nature, was the first to describe the physical universe in terms of matter and motion, seeing the universe a as giant mathematically designed engine." "
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The Body of Christ, 2001.
A detailed analysis of the symbolism of the body of Christ during the crucifixion and how this impacted conceptions of the human body and religion.
2,685 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 11 sources, $ 80.95
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A detailed analysis of the crucifixion of Christ. The author concentrates on the symbolism of the body of Christ during the crucifixion. It also looks at the importance and meaning that this created for the understanding and the conception of the human body during this time (in art and literature) and later on for the Christian religion and faith.
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"The symbolism of the body of Christ during the passion was the most influential and striking image during our later Medieval to the early modern period. The pain and wracking influence of the passion was so engrained on each person, through art, and through the constant images of crucifixion and pain that they viewed from day to day. This body held so much symbolism, each nook and cranny, and the importance of every wound. Because of this the manner in which the body of Christ is represented in art and literature is vitally important to understanding the conception of the human body during this time and the conception of the religion of these people."
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"Body Work", 2002.
Examination of Debra Gimlin's book "Body Work" which is an in-depth exploration of American women's relationships with their bodies.
982 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper shows how the author agues that women do not engage in body work (activities like exercise and plastic surgery) in order to conform to a paternalistic, and unrealistic view of beauty that is perpetrated by the popular media. Instead, Gimlin gives the empowering argument that women engage in body work in order to nurture a relationship between the body and self-identity.
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"In "Body Work", Gimlin examines a series of mini-ethnographies in her attempt to understand the complex relationships that American women have with their bodies and their self-identities. She examines four main sites, in collecting research for her book. Gimlin conducted in-depth research and extensive interviews at each location. Gimlin explores a beauty salon, an aerobics class, a plastic surgery clinic, and the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA), a political and social organization designed to empower overweight women."
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The Body and Western Christendom, 2007.
A discussion of the symbolic significance of the body for the societies of Western Christendom during the Medieval period.
2,014 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper looks at the significance of both the male and the female body to the societies of Western Christendom during the Medieval period. It discusses the body through the various stages of youth, manhood and womanhood, old age and finally death. It examines the medieval understanding and view of natural biological processes such as menstruation. The paper examines the medieval view of the 'eastern' man and discusses the views of emissions of the body, such as the body's smell and noise, with particular attention being paid to laughter. It also looks at the way that bodies are dressed and the use of perfume.
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"The body was highly significant in the societies of western Christendom during the medieval period and was "central to the process of social classification according to categories of age, health, purity...which were regulated through constructed categories such as stigma and gender". However, whilst ecclesiastical influence was total over all aspects of the body and its behaviour, the enforcement of canonical law must not be overstated, due to the obvious difficulties in policing such infractions of laws on sex and nocturnal habits. The church was also not as morally rigid as has been assumed by many, and in fact during the medieval period in western Christendom, the church deemed that it was preferable to tolerate "behaviour that they disapproved of but that they perceived might meet some wider social need", with such behaviour including prostitution, some kinds of extra marital sex and other casual sexual liaisons."
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Understanding the Subtle Body, 2006.
The writer of this paper focuses on the spiritual concept of the subtle body, which is an accepted philosophical component in various Asian cultures and traditions, including Samkhya-Yoga and Buddhism.
803 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 28.95
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This paper defines the subtle body as a non-physical energy, unseen, yet connected to an individual's psyche, as well as to one's mental and spiritual consciousness. This paper explores the history of the subtle body, which is greatly influenced by Mahayana Buddhism, which was introduced into China from India in the 1st century AD. This paper examines one's inner body or consciousness, which is comprised of formed of several layers and levels. The subtle body is generally represented as a series of concentric circles, ranging from the least subtle, generally the physical body, to the most subtle.
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"Chinese traditions of self and the subtle body are greatly influenced by Mahayana Buddhism, which spread into China from India in the 1st century AD. One of the most important particularities of Mahayana tradition refers to the elevation of Buddha to "the position of a Divine figure and source of Grace" . Now, Buddha, or rather the Enlightened Figure of Buddha, possesses three levels of being, without counting the physical body (in my opinion, despite its omission in the texts, the physical body of the Enlightened Figure of Buddha should be regarded, similar to the Indic tradition, as the initial, most unsubtle body. If we look at historical tradition, Buddha is supposed to have lived on one piece of rice a day with the sole purpose of "removing" his physical body). These three subtle bodies are truth/reality body, complete enjoyment body and the transformation body .Chinese Buddhist tradition gives birth from the reality body to the primordial deities referred to as the five Tathagata Buddhas."
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Body Language, 2002.
A look at body language and how it impacts on inter-personal communication.
1,905 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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All the forms of body language and how they contribute to communication are examined. The paper focuses especially on body language types, how how they are used and what it reveals about the communicator. The paper begins by briefly discussing the process of communication in regards to body language. It then looks at various forms of body language. Finally, it concludes by showing what body language contributes to communication that verbal language does not.
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"Communication can be defined as the process of creating understanding between two individuals or between an individual and a group. Communication is a transactional process, where a transactional process is defined as, ?a process in which two or more people exchange speaker and listener roles, and in which the behaviour of each person is dependent on and influenced by the other? (Friedrich 11). The important point here is that in any communication, the participants are effected by each other. They interpret what the other person says, and why they say it and respond based on what they see the meaning as. Each person does not necessarily say what they think, they may say what they think is appropriate or what they believe the other person wants them to say. "
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The Body Shop International, 2007.
This paper performs a SWOT analysis and reviews the internal and external environments of The Body Shop International, a cosmetic company that has a mandate to support social marketing.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 58.95
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This paper explains that, in addition to making a profit, The Body Shop International gears its cosmetics business activities towards supporting community trade, defending human rights, activating self-esteem, trying to protect the planet, fighting against animal testing and supporting its own charity called The Body Shop Foundation. The author points out that, after a period of slowed growth in the 1990s and increased competition, The Body Shop established a new strategy of increased investment in marketing and promotion at the store level. The paper reveals that the industry growth is occurring in Africa and Asia where The Body Shop has a huge market share; however, changes in the political, economic or social climate in these countries will affect the Body Shop's overall demand since some of these countries have volatile environments.
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Internal Environment
Business History and Operations
Business Concept and Mission Statement
Functional Products/Services
Product Marketing
Sales/Profit Profiles
External Environment
Industry: Major Competitors
Competitors
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
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"The three major competitors are Alliance Boots, Bath and Body Works, and Estee Lauder. Alliance Boots is a British based company with approximately seventeen percent (17%) market share of the British market. It is the largest pharmacy chain in Europe and is a serious competitor in the cosmetic market for The Body Shop. Bath and Body Works is a subsidiary of intimate brands and enjoys a one point nine percent (1.9%) share of the bath and shower market in the United States. The company is a competitor to the Body Shop since its sells natural body and hair care products as well as personal care products and fragrances."
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Body Talk, 2001.
This paper analyzes the various types of body languages that individuals display, particularly in the workplace, between employees and employers/management.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper deals with body language, specifically in relation to the manager and to employee-manager communications. The author discusses why communication as a manager is so important and also introduces the nature of communication and the part that body language plays in communication. The paper also explains why body language is even more important in a manager-employee relationship, where the nature of the relationship means that hidden meanings are expected. The paper also describes the different types of body language which include posture, affect, eye contact, etc.
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"When listening to an employee a manager can gain insight into their real thoughts by looking them in the eye, by taking note of their posture, by listening to their tone and taking note of any affect behavior. If their is any behavior indicating boredom it is also a sign that the employee is not really listening and this can then be rectified. It is also important to keep in mind that what appears on the surface does not always represent real feelings. There is a need to look beyond what is a surface smile and look to body language for clues about real feelings. Once you are aware of these feelings you can then discuss them and rectify any problems."
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder, 2006.
A study of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) in males.
2,416 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper begins with a definition of body dysmorphic disorder and focuses on BDD as it relates to men. The paper continues to highlight muscle dysmorphia and the factors that contribute to the development of body dysmorphic disorder in men. In conclusion it explores treatment of the disorder.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Men
Factors that Influence the Development of BDD in Men
Treatments for BDD in Men
Diagnosing BDD in Men
Conclusion
Works Cited
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"Although body dysmorphic disorder was once mostly confined to women, the disorder is now extremely prevalent in males. According to Phillips & Castle (2001) recent studies have indicated that an increasing number of men are also dissatisfied with their bodies. One study even revealed that 43% of men were not satisfied with their bodies (Phillips & Castle 2001). In addition, Phillips & Castle (2001) asserts that percentage of males with a negative body image has tripled in the past 25 years. Research also reveals that men are just as likely to be dissatisfied with their appearance as women are (Phillips & Castle 2001). "
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Mind-Body Interaction and Descartes, 2008.
This paper discusses Rene Descartes' beliefs and arguments regarding interaction between the mind and body.
846 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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In this article the writer looks at the theory proposed by Rene Descartes regarding the mind-body interaction which argued that the mind is a separate and distinct substance from the body. The writer discusses that a thought experiment led Descartes to believe that not only are the mind and body separate entities, but each are also independent and could exist without the other. Descartes uses a method of doubt in order to determine that the mind must be separate and independent from the body. Descartes can doubt that the world he sees before him exists, and that material objects which come into his perception could be imposed on his senses. The writer also discusses that Descartes rightly demonstrates through examples such as hallucinations, dreams, and after-images, that sensory perception cannot provide a positive case for the existence of corporeal beings in the external world.
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"Gottlob Frege further argues against the mind-body distinction, pointing out that Descartes could be committing the fallacy of equivocation. Frege posits that Descartes is using one word in a premise which does not mean the same thing in the conclusion. When following a psychological verb, words refer to concepts rather than an actual thing. What must be asked is what Descartes is referring to when he makes the claim that he can doubt the existence of his brain. According to Frege, any time a word follows a psychological verb, like doubt, believe, or conceive, the word no longer refers to the actual object or subject at hand, but rather the concept."
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