Diet makes you fat or do western women sabotage their weight loss

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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ABSTRACT

This dissertation would serve as a guide for people to improve their concepts about dieting and why women sabotage their diet for the sake of getting slim or losing weight. The research pertains to understand the accounts of dietary patterns and their impacts over the human psychological and their overall social representation. The method chosen for this research is thematic analysis. Thematic analysis is the first method which must be learned by researchers, as it provides core skills which are beneficial for carrying out various types of qualitative analysis. This study reflects the various aspects of dieting as the media's influence on dieting, the role of self esteem and psychological and social aspects of dieting.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

Project Introduction1

Problem Statement2

Rationale3

Personal4

Summary4

Overview4

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW6

Women learn that Looking Good is a Form of Currency6

Negative Body Image and Low Self Esteem7

Thinness and body satisfaction9

Sociological Theory10

Psychological Theory12

Western Women sabotage weight loss13

Summary15

CHAPTER 03: METHODOLOGY17

Method Chosen and Reasons17

Participants/Form of Data17

Interviews18

Data Collection Procedure20

Ethics23

Summary24

CHAPTER 04: DATA ANALYSIS25

Results25

Survey Results26

Thematic Analysis37

Analysis why western women sabotage weight loss38

Dieting form of losing weight40

Summary44

CHAPTER 05: DISCUSSION45

Link of results and literature review45

Media Influence45

Culture influence45

Thinness and body satisfaction46

Summary46

CHAPTER 06: CONCLUSION47

Strengths and limitations of research47

Further Research49

Reflexive account49

Summary50

REFERENCES51

BIBLIOGRAPHY57

APPENDICES62

Appendix A - Interview No162

Appendix B - Interview No 280

Appendix C - Interview No 395

Appendix D - Interview No 4107

Questionnaire118

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

Project Introduction

The topic chosen for the research is diet and the misconception that one could get thin with the help of dieting. This dissertation would serve as a guide for people to improve their concepts about dieting and why women sabotage their diet for the sake of getting slim or losing weight. This research would focus over the western women residing in United Kingdom, looking at various aspects of dieting in their routine and they regain weight and then again diet for weight loss. As a result, dieting pattern make them even double the size of what they initially were. Further, this research would take into account the body image and diet habits of women prevailing in United Kingdom, in both psychological and sociological aspects.

Since past time, many health disparities have emerged among the western women in the United Kingdom (UK), and even more dismal in contrast to their Caucasian American (CA) counterparts. Western women have the highest morbidity and premature death rates in the nation. A major contributor to chronic disease and premature deaths among Western women is the high prevalence of overweight status and obesity in this group. The Chang, ...