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Body
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The principal part of anything as distinguished from its subordinate parts, as in the main part of an instrument. An individual, an organization, or an entity given legal recognition, such as a corporation or "body corporate." A compilation of laws known as a "body of laws."


BODY. A person.
     2. In practice, when the sheriff returns cepi corpus to a capias, the plaintiff may obtain a rule, before special bail has been entered, to bring in the body and this must be done either by committing the defendant or entering special bail. See Dead Body.


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Perhaps the best advice I received as a young dancer was from my beloved ballet teacher, who counseled me (due to my less than "ideal" body) to pursue a career in modern dance, where there might be less pressure for me to conform to an unrealistic body image.
Pressures of ideal body image and social constructions of gender are of great importance in understanding how anorexia nervosa manifests itself in the female population today.
Concern about body image and losing weight can have adverse consequences some of which include depression from low body esteem, low self worth, poor nutrition from extensive dieting, inadequate calcium and iron intake, under-nutrition; anorexia or bulimia etc.
 
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