In a world where media and societal mores hold beauty and fitness to high standards, an overweight person can feel depressed, left out, and suffer low self-worth. Television and fashion magazines bombard us with pictures of reed-thin models and actresses and athletes with washboard abs, glamorizing certain impossible ideals to a point that a normal person is destined to feel inadequate. One can imagine how an overweight or morbidly obese person must feel to be exposed to this environment.
Aside from emotional factors that come into play, obesity brings with it various health risks that must be addressed first.
Low Mortality Rate
The Center for Disease Control attributes 300,000 deaths in the US annually to obesity-related
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