Body Image for boys
Description
As the idealized male physique continues to be hyped in movies, on TV, in magazines, and on billboards, a rapidly growing number of men are becoming obsessed with appearance. Each year alone, they spend billions on gym memberships and home exercise equipment - and women are no longer alone in battling anorexia and body dysmorphic disorder. This topical program explores some of the issues facing young men today as they struggle to define themselves amidst the flood of media-generated images of male physical perfection. Experts including Divya Kakaiya, the visionary founder and clinical director of the Healthy Within treatment center; Leigh Cohn, co-author of the seminal Making Weight: Men's Conflicts with Food, Weight, Shape, and Appearance; and UCLA Healthcare sports medicine physician Gary Green as well as a number of young patients grapple with problems such as steroid abuse, eating disorders, exercise addiction, and phony food supplements.
Runtime
19 min
Series
- Health & Wellness Core Curriculum Video Library (20)
- The Cambridge Educational Core Curriculum Video Libraries (90)
Subjects
- Body image (29)
- Self-esteem (22)
- Mental health (216)
- Equality (339)
- Personality (110)
- Self-care, Health (487)
- Social groups (124)
- Sexism (149)
- Self (67)
- Social influence (73)
- Autonomy (Psychology) (13)
- Sex discrimination (91)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2005], c2002
Database
Films on Demand
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