Culture, Body Image, and Genetics, Page 2

After you have completed this section, you will be able to:

1. Analyze factors in personal behaviors and thoughts that affect our perception and prejudice toward overweight individuals. 
2. Relate body images presented in today’s media to wellness principles. 
3. Describe genetic influences on body shape and size.
4. Comprehend principles of “set point” in body fatness and how it affects our ability to change body weight and size. 
5. Explain emotional and social health effects on overweight people or those obsessed with thinness. 
6. Conclude if obesity should be called a chronic disease or if wellness can be achieved at any body size. 
7. Know the effects of chronic dieting on human nutritional status and body metabolism.