¶ … People Should Lose Weight
Weight problems have always represented a major impediment in people's life, even if most have preferred to ignore it, claiming that they don't have the time or the motivation to control it. Overweight is now more of a problem than it ever had been, with people feeling the aftermath of decades of bad nutrition. Fast-foods, eating without conforming to a schedule, and many more additional factors, all lead to weight problems.
People have fought weight problems ever since the early ages, as they observed that food abuse and the lack of exercise lead to obesity. Fighting weight is rather easy when people look at the big picture, but what most people lack is motivation. Without a strong power of will, people are gradually being destroyed by obesity.
There are some that consider obesity to be a mere imperfection which people have to accept and live with. Such methods of thinking are damaging for the well-being of mankind, as people would often find it easier to accept a disease than to fight it.
As people evolved, weight has become an obsession, and, while some overweight people were reluctant to go on a diet, other perfectly normal people started diets because they considered themselves overweight. Studies have shown that most women tend to consider themselves overweight and that they have undergone diets at a certain point in their lives. Also, specialists determined that the methods most frequently used by people to lose weight are skipping meals, taking diet pills, and vomiting after having eaten. (Ruth Papazian)
Overweight is not just something interfering with people's looks. It also interferes with body functions, and, overweight people have to cope with the fact that they are most likely to develop several other health difficulties as a result of their weight problem. There have been numerous cases of people contracting heart disease and a stroke because they were overweight. Because of weight problems, fatty deposits build up throughout the body in the arteries and make them narrower. People with narrower arteries face the risk of having their blood clotting which later leads to experiencing a stroke. (Mark Kimathi) A first step in avoiding most diseases would be the loss of weight through healthy methods recommended by dieticians.
In spite of usually preferring to accept themselves as they are, most overweight people have their personalities affected by their problem. Because of the fact that they are fat, overweight people have a hard time integrating in a social group in comparison to how a normal person would. Even if society accepts overweight people as being equal to those that are normal, overweight people are intimidated by their setback, and, are often reluctant to express themselves as they would if they were thin.
There have been numerous cases of people losing most of the things that they had because of having gained weight. Also, there have been cases of people having a life that they have only dreamed of in the past because they have experienced considerable weight losses. (Evening Chronicle)
Even though most people are not aware of it, obesity is one of the most dangerous problems they face. Obesity is surpassed only by smoking when considering the main cause of death worldwide. One of the most disastrous diseases that overweight can lead to is diabetes. This is obvious through the fact that most people that have diabetes are usually overweight. (Mark Kimathi)
Overweight problems are certainly underestimated, with people believing that there is nothing wrong with a few extra pounds. In reality, overweight has terrible consequences on the human body. Among numerous other diseases, overweight people face the risk of developing various forms of cancer. All in all, overweight can lead to a lot of life-threatening affections, and, among the only methods of preventing them, would be to start paying interest to what the nutritionist has to say. (Mark Kimathi)
Overweight people have triggered an alarm across the planet and now the whole world is looking into fixing the problem. Among various absurd theories devised by people with the intention to convince others to lose weight is the one stating that overweight people should be rewarded with money if they have success in the fight against obesity. (The Daily Mail)
Most obese people have turned to losing weight not because they intended to prevent certain diseases, but because they merely wanted to look good. This is not necessarily wrong, but what is wrong is that they encounter much more resistance when fighting overweight if they want to be slim just because of their looks. For one to have better success in losing weight, they would have to fully understand the disease and the risks that it brings.
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