Selected Reading
Globalization of Eating Disorders
Research Question
Does culture play a role in eating disorders around the world?
Thesis Statement
Culture has played a significant role in contributing to the eating disorders around the world through various mass media platforms where people can emulate what others are doing.
Overview
Through various media platfroms there should be sensitization regarding healthy eating habits to help people avoid or reduce disorders associated with the lifestyle. I would like to see a societry where people focus on showing healthy eating habits to the world through mass media instead of a bad life style that will lead to health concerns. My intended audience will be the young people who are active on various social media plartforms and emulating various cultures across the world. Several young people do certain things because they want to keep up with what others post on their plartforms. For instance eating out is considered classy and trendy compared to making healthy meals at home. I would like to see them change their habits by eating healthy instead of eating food in various eateries to be seen on their social media plartforms. My intended audience would argue that they are embracing cultures across the wolrd and they want to keep up with the chanaging trends and not left out. But my view point is correct because health comes first and trends and fame fade away. I will argue out my point through various examples of the consequences of bad eating habits, i will use statistics from various databases to depict the numbers and people suffering from lifestyle diseases. My argument matter to the audience because good health choices lead to healthy life style and long life.
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The globalization of eating habits by Susan Bordo
Summary
Bordo in her article explores the various effects that media has brought to the world concerning how people look and how they should eat in order to fit into a given life style. The author explores a state before the media had reached certain parts of the world and the difference after. It is an indication that globalization of eating habits is inevitable and is destroying people’s healthy eating habits. The context of the source is based off American culture being spread to the rest of the globe for instance Africa and Asia among others. the targeted audience are the young people.
Evaluation of the source
I trust the author’s findings because they are supported by real world examples. The source will be critical to me in answering my research question because it supports my argument that globalization plays a critical role in eating disorders by giving an example of the Fiji girl among others. The source is recent enough for my findings. The bias is moderate and the author does not leave so much unanswered questions. The source does not represent any surprising counter argument but rather a painful truth of it.
Application
I would use this source to support my arguments and conclusion of mass media playing a great role in enhancing eating disorders. It provides great evidence through examples. It does not show alternate point of view as the author states that eating disorders are intentionally advertised.
Polivy, J., & Herman, C. P. (2002). Causes of eating disorders. Annual review of psychology, 53(1), 187-213.
Summary of source
The book uses two eating disorders namely anorexia nervosa and Bulima nervosa to explore the concept of how various issues around the globe have made people to develop eating problems. One of the aspects that has led people to develop eating disorders is socio-cultural factors emanating from social media and peer pressure. The majority of the people affected are the young people who low self esteem or are looking for an identify based on the influence of what they seen on social media platforms.
Evaluation
The author’s findings are a true reflection of what people goes through especially the young people who are greatly influenced by social media regarding how they should look and what they are supposed to identify with. The source will be critical in answering my research question because explores how social media have made people develop eating disorders as they try to emulate others. It is relevant and not biased. The researcher leaves too many questions answered because social media is also a great tool that can help people improve their eating habits. The counter argument is that eating disorders are not influenced but caused by dissatisfaction.
Application of the source
The source is significant as it supports my argument of the effects of social media and peer pressure in increasing eating disorders across the world. The source elucidates the ways in which social media has led to globalization and making people interact easily and influence each other on what to eat and how look. It provides evidence in which I can build my research for instance it talks about anorexia and bulimia which are two eating disorders that affect greatly affected people across the world.
Miller, M. N., & Pumariega, A. J. (2001). Culture and eating disorders: A historical and cross-cultural review. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and biological processes , 64 (2), 93-110.
Summary of source
The source discusses various ways through which culture has contributed towards eating disorders across the world. It also gives examples of eating disorders that people have developed because of cultural issues. The author talks about the western ideal as one of the causes of eating disorders. The context is the American society and among the young people based off racial lines.
Evaluation of the source
The author’s findings are trustworthy as they are backed by statistical evidence and have similar content with other research articles regarding eating disorders. The source will be critical in answering my research questions as it gives examples on how the American culture has influenced the rest of the world leading to eating disorders. The author does not leave several answered questions and has no surprising counter argument
Application of the source
The article is greatly relevant to my research as it will help me build my work and also support my conclusion that globalization has played a major role in increasing eating disorders. The article talks about culture of the American people which has been emulated by the rest of the world and this is the basic idea of my research.
Reference
Miller, M. N., & Pumariega, A. J. (2001). Culture and eating disorders: A historical and cross-cultural review. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and biological processes , 64 (2), 93-110.
The globalization of eating habits by Susan Bordo
Polivy, J., & Herman, C. P. (2002). Causes of eating disorders. Annual review of psychology, 53(1), 187-213.
