Weight Worries May Start Early for Slim Women
There is a range of reasons why thin women think they’re too heavy, but the distorted body image may often have its roots in childhood, the results of a new study suggest.
Researchers found that among more than 2,400 thin women they surveyed, nearly 10 percent thought they were too heavy._____ (1) _____.
According to the study authors, led by Dr. Susanne Kruger Kjaer of the Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, society’s “Ideal” female body is moving toward an underweight physique.
_____ (2) _____.
To investigate body image among thin women, the researchers gave questionnaires to 2,443 women ages 27 to 38 whose body mass index was at the low end of normal._____ (3) _____.
Overall, almost 10 percent of the women thought they were too heavy. Those who reported certain “severe life events” in childhood or adolescence, such as having a parent become ill or having their educational hopes dashed, were more likely than others to have a distorted body image. _____ (4) _____.
In contrast, traumatic events in adulthood, such as serious illness or significant marital problems, were not related to poor body image, the researchers report. _____ (5) _____.
A. The same was true of women who started having sex or drinking alcohol when they were younger than 15 years old.
B. Experiences in childhood, including having an ill parent, or starting to drink or have sex at a particularly young age, were among the risk factors for having a distorted body image.
C. “Our results indicate that the risk of being dissatisfied with (one’s ) own body weight may be established early in life,” Kjaer and her colleagues write.
D. Research suggests that many normal-weight women wish to weigh less.
E. If worries have altered your appetite or weight, it will help to talk to someone about it.
F. The women were asked about factors ranging from childhood experiences to current exercise habits.
Teamwork in Tourism
Growing cooperation among branches of tourism has proved valuable to all concerned. Government bureaus, trade and travel associations, carriers and properties are all working together to bring about optimum conditions for travelers.
_____ (1) _____. They have knowledge of all areas and all carrier services, and they are experts in organizing different types of tours and in preparing effective advertising campaigns. They distribute materials to agencies, such as journals, brochures and advertising projects. _____ (2) _____.
Tourist counselors give valuable seminars to acquaint agents with new programs and techniques in selling. _____ (3) _____
Properties and agencies work closely together to make the most suitable contracts, considering both the comfort of the clients and their own profitable financial arrangement. _____ (4) _____
_____ (5) _____. Carriers are dependent upon agencies to supply passengers, and agencies are dependent upon carriers to present them with marketable tours. All services must work together for greater efficiency, fair pricing and contented customers.
A. The same confidence exists between agencies and carriers, including car-rental and sigh-seeing services.
B. They offer familiarization and workshop tours so that in a short time agents can obtain first-hand knowledge of the tours.
C. Travel operators, specialists in the field of planning, sponsor extensive research programs.
D. As a result of teamwork, tourism is flouring in all countries.
E. Agencies rely upon the good services of hotels, and, conversely, hotels rely upon agencies, to fulfill their contracts and to send them clients.
F. In this way agents learn to explain destinations and to suggest different modes and combinations of travel—planes, ships, trains, motorcoaches, car-rentals, and even car purchases.
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