Chapter 18 Flashcards
Excessive body weight, indicated by a body mass index over 30
Obesity
Geographic areas in which residents do not have easy access to high-quality affordable food. Concentrated in rural areas and poor urban neighborhoods
Food deserts
A measure of body fat based on height and weight
Body mass index
A field that focuses on how our bodies are affected by social influences
Sociology of the body
A field that explores and debates the importance of biological versus social and cultural influences on human sexual behavior
Sociology of sexuality
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
Health
A term associated with the functionalist Parsons to describe the patterns of behavior that a sick person adopts to minimize the disruptive impact of their illness on others
Sick role
Any physical or social characteristic that is labeled by society as undesirable
Stigma
The study of the distribution and incidence of disease and illness within a population
Epidemiology
One’s capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions
Health literacy
An irrational fear of or disdain for gays and lesbians
Homophobia
A process by which phenomena that used to be considered “natural,” or given in nature, become social, in that they depend on our personal decisions
Socialization of nature
Techniques for influencing the human reproductive process
Procreative technology
A standard measure of a country’s economic disparity, where 0 represents perfect equality and 1 represents maximum inequality
Gini coefficient
A diverse set of approaches and therapies for treating illness and promoting well being that generally fall outside standard medical practices
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
