Body Image and Mass Media Behaviors and Practices
In 2000 and later surveys, body images were created to match Chinese body types. All children aged 6-18 were asked about their desired body type and actual body type using card shuffle techniques. These were developed by Jane Brown and Peggy Bentley with the help of Penny Gordon-Larsen, all UNC faculty working in this area.
In addition, each child was asked a selected set of questions related to the mass media. The mother was asked a series of related questions about mass media and television related to the children. These were included in the Ever-Married Women questionnaire for women with a child aged 6-18.
Read more about this topic: China Health And Nutrition Survey
Famous quotes containing the words body, image, mass, media, behaviors and/or practices:
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—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
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—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)
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—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
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—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
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—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)
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—H.L. (Henry Lewis)