What Are The Sociological Perspectives In Sociology

Now moving onto the three different theoretical perspectives which previously stated are; sociology, psychology and physiology. We are going to see how each of these three perspectives investigate this issue whilst using valid research methods that support each of them. The first theory that will be talked about is Sociology. With a link between being obese and sociological factors, a journalist named Nick Crossley said one of the main reasons as to why the UK is becoming obese is because we are a “body conscious” nation, (Crossley, 2004:1). We are body conscious due to the fact we are scared of what different people think of us which therefore brings down our confidence and makes the situations of yourself worse. However, in contrast to this

What this is saying is that many jobs that people work nowadays is that people are forced to work longer hours with a lower level of job security, this is because people who are in low paid jobs have a lot less opportunities to burn off the calories throughout the day which therefore creates a bigger chance of them eating fast food throughout the day on their shift. Finally, another journalist named Jeffery Sobal seeks a different point of view as to why the social factor plays a big role with obesity, his viewpoint on it is that it could be possibly be linked to “food patterns, eating habits, and nutrition”, (Sobal, 1991:1). The reason for this could be due to the fact of eating at the wrong times of the day, a high fat of nutrition throughout the day and a major factor is eating habits. Eating habits can be caused by a state of bullying, if you are getting bullied for your weight, this could therefore encourage you more to eat because that is what personally comforts you when you are feeling down and your confidence is

If you are getting bullied for your weight, this will trigger you to eat more and the situation will gradually get worse. As a result of being obese, different things could transpire, the child may lose friends, have a low self-esteem, skip lessons and in the worse-case scenario drop out of school. With linking to sport, no child wants to be teased when taking part in sporting activities as to why some obese children would rather sit out and watch on, this is another disadvantage because they are still not doing physical activity to help themselves lose weight, it is just a vicious circle, (Healthy Children). Another reason for the cause of obesity could be for the reason of living in a particular geographical area, this could mean there is not a gym in your local area and there might not be any way of transport in order to get there which prevents you from taking part in physical activity. In order back this up, a journalist called Steven Cummings talks about how living in a low income areas can affect your food patterns and diet, he quotes “exposure to poor quality food environments amplifies individual risk factors for obesity such as low income, absence of transport, and poor cooking skills or knowledge”, (Cummings,