Burnshaw later said that the book was "widely reviewed and vastly overpraised", but it heralds his own preoccupation with body and earth.
These might not be the works that Ferber is remembered by, but they are a vigorous part of his continuing preoccupation with body metaphor.
Many people have an unhealthy preoccupation with body image or have undiagnosed eating problems that they may then try to impose on others, said Dr. Kathryn Zerbe, professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University and a longtime expert on eating disorders.
From Time ("infantile preoccupation with body parts") and Variety ("an alleged satire that's about as funny as a communist food shortage") to The Hollywood Reporter ("obliviousness and… immaturity"), Rogen and co-star James Franco have already fallen under a critical cosh beyond the range of Pyongyang's propaganda.
A film split into three separate narratives, Poison parodied the 1980s preoccupation with body horror (as evidenced by films like The Fly), while simultaneously paying homage to Genet's Un Chant d'Amour, and offering a mock documentary about a boy who escapes his humdrum suburban existence by flying away.
Klos et al. (2012) found self-weighing was related to a strong investment in appearance, preoccupation with body shape, and higher weight among women.
The promotion of healthy eating and physical activity within school settings is an important component of population-based strategies to prevent obesity; however, adolescents may be vulnerable to weight-related messages, as rapid development during this life stage often leads to preoccupation with body size and shape.
In 1984, psychologist Judith Rodin coined this term to describe the widespread negative preoccupation with body image, especially in women.
The continuity of her work with the sculpture of the past is to do with her direct manipulation of form, and with sculpture's constant preoccupation with bodies in space.
The severity of core features such as preoccupations with body image, weight, eating and exercising predicts greater resistance to treatment.
