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Children Having a Body Mass Index (BMI) Above the 85th

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Children having a body mass index (BMI) above the 85th percentile for one's age is the definition of _____.


Definitions:

Front Region

A term from Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis referring to social settings where individuals perform specific roles for an audience, adhering to societal norms and expectations.

Social Darwinism

A theory that applies the concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to human societies, often used to justify social policies that maintain societal inequalities.

Moral Poverty

The lack of moral values, principles, and responsibilities, often leading to social problems such as crime and antisocial behavior.

The Veil

A metaphor for the barrier or separation between different realities or perceptions, often in a cultural or racial context.

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