2006-11-12 11:29:57 · 7 answers · asked by dnll_gamble 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think many cultures, particularly Asian cultures, place much more emphasis on appearance and thinness than American culture does. The pressure and response differ by group. In America, I think we are far less likely to have cultural values emphasizing discipline and exercise and less healthy understanding of eating growing up (i.e. McDonalds, cheaper is better, more is more). Our response to obesity or body dysmorphia may be equally extreme--binge/purge or starve.
Additionally, mental health concerns are are more taboo in eastern cultures--resulting in underreported and decreased incidence of treatment of mental disorder. Therefore, there isn't much literature to fully document and characterize each culture's incidence of eating disorders. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
In my anecdotal experience, my thin Asian friends get very blunt criticism about their weight when they visit their home countries. Family members will call them fat. Clothing shop employees will turn them away saying they are too fat and they have no clothing that will fit them. Perhaps if Americans grew up in that type of a culture, we would have less obesity to begin with.
2006-11-12 12:24:21 · answer #1 · answered by urbangenie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have self assurance it or not, confident -- america isn't the only united states with eating subject concerns. in view that eating subject concerns somewhat are not "information", you do not pay attention lots of information on worldwide information approximately somebody with a perilous eating affliction in South Korea or in Afghanistan, yet, have self assurance it or not, it does ensue. every physique is a human; each and every human has problems. Many human beings have problems with self-image, and a large proportion of those human beings placed up to eating subject concerns -- it is all psychological, and dissimilar human beings have psychological problems. confident, there are human beings in Europe and Asia and South united statesa. and Australia and Africa and North united statesa., and, hell, even Antartica, who've eating subject concerns -- it is not an "American variety."
2016-10-17 05:04:32 · answer #2 · answered by mctaggart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eating deisorders get more publicity in the USA.
people are informed so often that these 'disorders' exist, that they are all around, that so many people have them.
with all of that, i suppose it's easy for some kinds of people to imagine they also are unwell.
because it's talked about so much - and most of the "stars" are well skinny - it'sbecome social exceptable in the U.S
2006-11-12 11:33:00 · answer #3 · answered by Neorini 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Society is brainwashed by the media. Everyone is pressured to be thin, including fat people and normal weight people. Many of the already slim think they have to be rails.
2006-11-12 11:33:08 · answer #4 · answered by steve w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you been to the supermarket lately? If you haven't noticed the women's and teen magazines they have these models that are like toothpicks. Now if you are told this is what it means to be beautiful wouldn't you try to look like it.
2006-11-12 11:35:49 · answer #5 · answered by mad_mav70 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen many fat Asians? Besides sumo wrestlers? They are on to something over there, wish we could find out what!
2006-11-12 11:32:13 · answer #6 · answered by miss_fred 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the earth produces an abundance of food in the US and it is inexpensive to buy.
2006-11-12 11:32:01 · answer #7 · answered by debbie2243 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋