| The psychological effects of being heavy – and | | | | regarding physical beauty. |
| obesity – are disastrous. Larger people are | | | | A lot of obese people like to blame any excess |
| frequently made fun of by others whose weight is in | | | | weight on medical conditions , for example, thyroid |
| the normal range. Name calling and jibes at heavier | | | | disease. The simple fact is , fewer than one percent of |
| people are unexceptional in today's society. | | | | those who are overweight or obese have any kind of |
| Overweight people are often have to put up with a | | | | hormonal imbalance, or any other other condition. While |
| whole slew of abuse and pyschological barbs including | | | | there isn't a single reason that solely explains this |
| some blatant social discriminations. Because of this a | | | | phenomenon, likely causes are poor nutrition, bad |
| common problem is low self-esteem, can feel | | | | eating habits, lack of exercise. |
| inadequate and are frequently looked upon as the | | | | Needless to say, there are some easy things an |
| source of their own problem. | | | | obese or overweight person can do to improve their |
| Every social situation is potentially awkward for those | | | | self-esteem. First, they could seek consultation with |
| with excess weight. Going to the beach or at public | | | | their physician to determine how significant the problem |
| swimming pools, because they wear clothes that are | | | | is, or if there really is a problem at all. Of course |
| more revealing, becomes an awkward occasion. | | | | everyone is different and some who seem to be |
| Those who decide to play competitive sports he will | | | | obese compared to friends and family are really just |
| often undergo the humiliation of being the one nobody | | | | within a normal range for themselves. |
| wants to pick. In school, obese or overweight children | | | | They should reduce the amount of TV watching. |
| tend to perform poorer when measured academically | | | | There is a proven relationship between television |
| than ‘normal' weight peers – they also have | | | | viewing and being overweight. The average person |
| lower grade point averages. As young adults, many | | | | watches at least 3 hours of TV every day, – do |
| times there is more difficulty gaining acceptance into | | | | you know what is the thing most commonly featured |
| college and securing jobs and future promotions. | | | | purchase item on TV? Food. What's the most likely |
| Hardly surprising, then, that such life experiences lead | | | | thing people do when watching television? They eat |
| to poor self esteem and self-confidence. Thus can | | | | Watching TV would probably be better limited to just a |
| begin a vicious cycle of social isolation, emotional | | | | couple of hours every day. Better yet, TV viewing |
| withdrawal, depression, inactivity, more overeating, and | | | | could sometimes be done while exercising. |
| quite often further weight gain. | | | | People with excess weight bear the responsibility to |
| The distortion of body image and general body | | | | guard themselves from the harm, pyschological and |
| disappointment suffered by obese and overweight | | | | physical caused by being obese. By establishing |
| people have been implicated in the development of | | | | patterns of healthy eating and exercising sensibly, it is |
| negative self-worth, so tend to act as risk factors | | | | possible to overcome the enemy – weight, so that |
| toward the development ofdepression in addition to | | | | they can live and enjoy life without being weighted |
| abnormal eating patterns. One's body image can be | | | | down because of being bigger than the ‘normal' |
| affected – as well as partly determined – by | | | | size. |
| such things as your cultural beliefs and values | | | | |