The Psychology Unit will host its 1st International Conference under the theme ‘Dying to be Beautiful? Body Image, Eating Behaviours and Health in the Caribbean’ from January 13-15, 2012.

The Conference welcomes papers relating to any of the proposed themes below:

• Eating Disorders: Medical and Cultural norms that define Body Image.

• Is there a Fat Gene? The Physiology of Obesity.

• Health Issues associated with being Overweight: Challenging the Extreme Aesthetics.

• Body Dysmorphia, Skin Tattooing and Plastic surgery: Body denigration or Body appreciation?

• Building a healthy lifestyle between you and your body.

• Race is no longer biologically determined: Challenging the Bleaching Phenomenon.

A selection of the best papers from the conference will be published.

           Deadline for abstracts: August 31, 2011

           Deadline for acceptances: October 31, 2011

           Deadline for completed papers: November 31, 2011

Click link below to view submission guidelines.