Body Image Dissatisfaction in Caucasian and African-American women

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Body Image Dissatisfaction in Caucasian and African-American women
Body satisfaction is a very personal concept. When it comes to Caucasian women and African American women, the perspectives vary. Unfortunately, the discoveries of reasons that compel the sense of satisfaction are difficult to obtain, as the issues of body satisfaction can only be shared within secret societies. Weight issues are to be talked about, but not the image dissatisfaction that may drive eating disorders. Eating disorders have been researched, and established to be more frequent in Caucasian female populations than African American female populations (Abrams, Allen, & Gray, 1993; Akan & Grilo, 1995; Rucker & Cash, 1992; Molloy & Herzberger, 1998;...

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