Which of the Following Is a Piece of Evidence That

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a piece of evidence that globalization has spread eating disorders from industrialized nations to developing ones?

• A) When Western culture was introduced to the island of Fiji, through television and other media, the rate of eating disorders rose dramatically.
• B) Cross-culturally people judge American models to be more beautiful than those from other countries.
• C) Girls and women associate the attractiveness of Western models with other indicators of wealth.
• D) There is higher prevalence of eating disorders in industrialized nations.

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Definitions:

Seafloor Spreading

The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates diverge, leading to the gradual widening of the ocean.

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Red Sea

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Subduction

The process along a convergent plate-tectonic boundary in which an oceanic lithospheric plate descends beneath the overriding plate.