Resumen

VALENZUELA GUTIERREZ, Marissa Eunyce  y  MELENDEZ TORRES, Juana María. Conceptions and values of the body in young adults of Northwestern Mexico. Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.1, pp.45-56. ISSN 2007-1523.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fesi.20071523e.2018.1.456.

Currently thinness is the ideal body (IB) while in western societies obesity has reached levels never seen before. This situation has influenced how men and women perceive their bodies. The aim of this paper was to describe conceptions and values of the IB as well as the perception and acceptance of the body in university students from the northwestern Mexico, a sociocultural context where obesity prevails. From a socio-anthropological approach, we worked with 308 university students among 18 and 24 years old (202 women and 106 men). The construct of IB matches with the socially accepted discourse based on aesthetic and health values. In general, participants expressed moderated body dissatisfaction and rejected obesity; the IB for women was slim, firm and curved while for men was muscled. Therefore, a gap was identified between what women and men want and perceive of their body image and self-acceptance, with clear differences by sex.

Palabras llave : Corporality; Ideal body; Body image; Sociocultural influences; Stigmatization of obesity.

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