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...Jeffrey Yang ’05, a biochemical sciences concentrator in Leverett House, collaborated with his former teaching fellow Peter Gray and Professor of Psychiatry Harrison G. Pope on the study, published in this month’s American Journal of Psychiatry...
...Yang said that the male overemphasis on muscularity in Western culture is reflected both in the high occurrence of body image disorders—an example of which is muscle dysmorphia—and the prevalent use of anabolic steroids...
...Yang said that American males’ desire for bigger muscles differs vastly from the attitude in Taiwan, which he attributes to cultural influences both in the past and present...
...This quest can dip into the danger zone, however, as perceptions of one’s body and ideals of attractiveness become warped. This is especially true in Western countries, as was evidenced by a research team led by the Harvard undergraduate Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang ’05 in a study published last week in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Comparing Taiwanese to American and European men, the research team found the Western group to be more preoccupied with a heavy build and more likely to overestimate the “ideal” level of muscularity deemed...
...powerful National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), which sets the nation's energy policy. The NDRC's backing could signal that China's leadership is beginning to act on recent promises of "sustainable development." "In the past, the NDRC would have backed up the power companies," says Yang Fuqiang, chief China representative for the U.S.-based Energy Foundation, a clean-power advocacy group. "Its support is a sign that [China's] leaders want to back SEPA up." Just days after the Jan. 18 ban, Premier Wen Jiabao praised SEPA at a meeting of senior officials, saying he was pleased...