Plus body shame isn't merely a cultural or
religious (Islamic, Amish, etc.) phenomena.
There's the narcissistic form. See
http://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/age_and_body_image.htm
or
http://www.looksmartmentalhealth.com/p/articles/mi_qa3949/is_200105/ai_n8929864
There's body shame arising from illness. See for
example,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14596735&dopt=Abstract
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