Is Our Cultural Obsession with Beauty Making Us Sick?
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Our cultural obsession with appearances is as serious as an illness, says a new book.
When an obsession with outer beauty gets in your head so much that it makes you sick, that’s a serious problem, says one Northwestern professor. Joining us now to talk about her new book, “Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women,” is author and Northwestern psychology professor Renee Engeln.
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Is Our Cultural Obsession with Beauty Making Us Sick?
Clip: 5/2/2017 | 10m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
When an obsession with outer beauty gets in your head so much that it makes you sick, that’s a serious problem, says one Northwestern professor. Joining us now to talk about her new book, “Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women,” is author and Northwestern psychology professor Renee Engeln.
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