Body Image at Georgia Tech
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Welcome to the GT Body Image website! This website includes information about many aspects of body image.
Accepted definitions of body image:
"How you see yourself when you look in the mirror or when you picture yourself in your mind."[1]
"Body image, the multifaceted psychological experience of embodiment, profoundly influences the quality of human life."[2]
"Body image is how we perceive our bodies: the way we think they look and how we feel about it. It is what we see when look in the mirror, and what we think others see when they look at us. Body image is not just about body size; it includes our whole appearance: how we move; how our voices sound; the way we stand; our smiles."[3]
"Body image is the subjective level of contentment with one's appearance and is measured by determining discrepancy between actual and ideal weight and attitudes regarding level of satisfaction with appearance."[4]
This website is maintained by the Body Image Committee. For more information about the committee, please click here.
[1] National Eating Disorders Association. (2005). Body image. Retrieved December 9, 2008 from http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=286&Profile_ID=41157
[2] Cash, T.F., & Pruzinsky, T. (Eds.). (2002). Body Image: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice. New York: The Guilford Press.
[3] Dobkin, R. & Sippy, S. (1995). The College Women's Handbook. New York: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
[4] Watkins, J.A., Christie, C., & Chally,P. (2008). Relationship between body image and body mass index in college men. Journal of American College Health, 57(1), 95-99.
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