Weight Loss and Popular Culture - Thin Is In Or Is It?
There is no paucity of resources on weight loss and its related issues available for those who are interested. It is a vastly researched concept which most people relate to on a daily basis. What has always been intriguing, however is the connect between perceptions of ideal body type and popular culture. Popular culture which has permeated to every household over the years makes its own definitions of 'acceptable'. This plays havoc with many people's self-image. And hence it has a direct correlation with weight loss and distorted versions of self-identity. Actors on television and films have set the tone for aspirational body types. Women try hard to lose weight and stay thin so that they feel accepted in their peer group and men beef up to make sure they are not tagged as weaklings. Where does this pressure to adhere to certain ideal type emanate from? One part of it is premised on the fact that "thin is beautiful". Is that really true? Mainstream cinema ha...