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This 12 page paper describes in detail the reasons behind an individual's decision to join Weight Watchers, and then approaches the case from a sociological viewpoint. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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live alone on an island) is part of a larger group, whether it is a town, a company, a church or a family. Our membership in that group affects us
too, often in ways we dont even realize. This paper considers a group-society-and how the formation of societal strata relates to the concept of body image and weight loss. Discussion
of a Personal Experience The student has been asked here to take a personal experience and examine it, and then relate it to sociological studies. When the student is given
such an assignment, it gives him a chance to delve deeply into his psyche and explore feelings and motivations that might have been hidden, and to bring them into the
open. The student might therefore describe an experience like the following; "Jim" here is hypothetical. Jim has been overweight his entire life, and generally follows the pattern of "yo-yo" dieters:
he loses some weight, then gains it back, loses it again, gains more, and so on, and over the years hes gotten heavier and heavier. Because the weight gain has
been gradual, however, he hasnt really noticed it, until recently. Now it seems that anywhere he looks theres a mirror and when he sees himself, he becomes upset and depressed,
because he is becoming obese. His weight has led to a good many physical complications that he is attempting to deal with, but which bother him greatly. He discovers
that he is beginning to have trouble with simple things: hes winded when he climbs a flight of stairs; his knees hurt; his back bothers him; hes a candidate for
diabetes; hes a candidate for heart disease and a lot of other conditions, some serious, some not so, but annoying. He has watched as relatives have been confined to nursing
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