does the roots of obesity lies in the depths of our mind?
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The root of everything is in the depth of the mind.\nMany people eat when they aren't hungry to fill a virtual void inside themselves.  It's the same with any addict.  The behavior seems to "complete" you in some way, so you perpetuate it.
31514
Yes it is. I'm currently writing a thesis on Adult Obesity myself. Obesity is a medical condition that affects not only the US but also a large percentage of the world. Furthermore it is an American epidemic. The percentage of childhood obesity increases annually. Its also a major public health problem because obesity is a well-known and proven risk factor to other diseases - such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, gallbladder disease, gout, stroke, sleep apnoea, depression and osteoarthritis of the weight-bearing joints. \n\nFor general facts on obesity, I would advise you to consult a nutrionist, a professional or a medical encyclopedia. Cheers!
630695
I ponder that a lot sometimes, when I get completely overwhelmed by the pace of my life and the obsessive narcissism of people.\nI have this little 'shoe-box' theory: We are really at a loss to begin explaining exactly HOW BIG the universe actually is, so we may as well just be this compact galaxy, stuck at the back of somebodys wardrobe in another space and time.\nYes, I'm a weirdo...
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They sometimes get teased by their friends for not being capable in doing physical exercise and simply just for being fat or for eating too much. But one needs to know which friend are just joking and which are being mean. Usually obesity are caused by doting parents who thinks that making their child obese means that they really care about their child. All kids cry for food as a toddler, but parents need to make their stand clear and be mindful of how much the child really needs to keep healthy and fit. So I guess, society should start at these parents first and then the children when they grow a little older and are more mindful about their surroundings
1166122
The truth is that eating anything beyond what your body is truely calling for makes a person fat. Nothing more, nothing less. Everything else is just a desperate attempt to blame the fat on something other than our own responsibility.
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actually it is very possible. many parts of the brain are yet to be discovered. did you know that the way a single person thinks of an out come can directly affect the object or thing that he or she is thinking of. there has been many studies and all have come to our suprise as true the mind can extend out. its your subconsiousnes. the inner mind
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I hear you.  We Americans need to stop consuming so much (food, energy, products) and thinking only about ourselves and start thinking of others.  You're probably right when you say that so many around the world could be fed if we would just stop eating so much and learn to share what we have.\n\nOn the other hand, obesity is not just about eating.  It's about people using food to heal their emotional and psycological pain.  The problem with that is it's so temporary.  Whereas learning why we have the problems we have and how to solve them would be a tremendous turnaround in our society.\n\nIn spite of all the self-help books and talk shows out there, we are getting worse and worse.  We keep trying to heal ourselves, when what we really need to do is connect with the One who can heal us.
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When u are overweight or obese....not only is it physically unhealthy but mentally too...cause of they way people treat them...sometimes the more they think about it and are reminded of this the more depressed they get and try to make it all go away...so they are more than likely to try to starve themselves or end it all...scary but it's true...
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To a degree, size and weight are inherited. This is only true to a degree. As to dominance or recessive, I do not have that information. If your family has been overweight, the odds are that you will be also. This can be managed by diet and exercise, even in cases where there is a genetic tendency to obesity. Until WW II, very few Japanese were overweight. Changes in diet subsequent to the war, resulted in a severe problem with obesity in Japan. It might be argued that the genes were always present but the diet didn't permit obesity, except in some cases. Most Americans are overweight because of choices in diet and exercise. There are a few who have glandular disorders that cause them to be obese but according to the doctors I know, the number is far less than 1%
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I think its a deep rooted instinct that makes us strive for things just out of reach. It probably helped our evolution.\n It also says something about our imagination, that we exaggerate the positive aspects of what something may bring, and ignore those aspects which are negative or not useful.
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Wow, even within these responses you can see the hatred.\n\n1) Not all obesity is because of slothfullness and laziness. A majority of severely obese people do have poor eating habits but also underlying medical conditions that slow metabollism, alter brain chemistry, or other chemical imbalance. Often, merely reducing calories is not enough for these people. Even on a 1000 calorie diet, some people will continue to gain weight. I do not think they should be called slothfull.\n\n2) Many overweight people do not eat more than everyone else, they eat the WRONG foods. In a few studies they showed the calori consumption was within 5% of a normal BMI individual but the food choices were less healthy.\n\n2a) It has been shown that variations in genetics predispose people to like certain tastes, textures and foods. If you look at point #2 and this, the less healthy choices are not always a matter of choice, but dictated by a biological drive.\n\nThat said, it is not acepted in this nation at all. At one time, 'Rubenesque' women were the equivilent of sex symbols. Having some flesh on the bone connoted wealth and prosperity. Now, being skinny is paramount. Even those who are fit and healthy have less status than the uber skinny.\n\nBeing overweight does have negative imapcts. It is not healthy. It places a strain on your heart and circulatory system, your joints, and can lead to diabtes.\n\nOften overweight people earn less than their skinny counterparts, and chosen less often for jobs, and as leaders.  Sad but true.\n\nMost people are shallow and superficial and only look for the supermodel look. Funny thing, in America the overweight will soon outnumber the skinny.
56311
Absolutely, its a hormone/chemical thing like most living things experience. What seperates us though is our ability to reason and think through the consequences of our actions to avoid hurting not only others but ourselves.
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the are not opposites, since anorexia is very much a social pressure disorder - brought on by the publics demand for being thin and the constant "diet" commercials for fatties which make some succeptable people feel fat even though they are not\n\nobesity often is learned as a child becuase mom gives cookies or ice cream to crying kid so kid learns to confort themself with food.. \nthere are TONS of help groups for obese people, sadly many do not see a problem with their weight or their kids weight.\n\nNorth Americans, and particularly those in the lower United States LEAD THE WORLD in obesity... Americans are raised at a young age to be consumers and do it very well... the brainwashing has worked.
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Of corse it will you silly head. Can't you see. the evidence is all around us. I mean why do we drive cars, and why do we have remote controls for tvs, and just look at all the fat people.
1006664
Only if a medical condition is causing it.  I have heard of people wh are obese because oh something going wrong in their body.  It seems no matter what they eat or how they exercise, it don't help.  Others just eat to much fast food and snacks and are couch potatoes.  And no there is no excuse for them.
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I don't think that is true,perhaps because of the fat?\nDepends from person to person...
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I'm not from the US, but that animosity is reserved for obese ppl the world over!!\n\nI think it has to do with the misconception that fat ppl got fat cause they have no control over their eating habits and therefore appear to have low self-control, are indisciplined and weak.\n\nIt's wrong, of course. But its human nature to feel superior to any perceived notion of lack of discipline or weakness. Which instead of resulting in understanding and tolerance usually comes out as snide and contemptuous.\n\nMost fat ppl I know are NOT fat coz they eat like mad monkeys, but it’s hormonal or psychological in nature which triggers irregular eating habits among other reasons for obesity.