Many obese or overweight individuals are bullied everyday for their size, destroying their self-esteem. People negatively perceive these individuals to be lazy, unhealthy, and undetermined. What people do not realize is that there are many assumptions that they make which are not true. For instance, if someone is overweight, that means there is an extreme risk for premature death. However, research has found that these people tend to live just as long, or even longer than people with normal weight. Even though this is true, NHANES I has research that shows there is “a U-shaped relationship between BMI and mortality( ije.oxfordjournals). This means that the increase of premature death is only significant in an extremely low or high BMI (body mass
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These people end up reducing their self-esteem from all the rude comments that they face in the world, whether it is online or in person. Body dissatisfaction can end up with eating disorders, lower levels of exercise, and weight gain. They even avoid medical facilities due to the fear of discrimination. When obese people go to the gym and try to get physical activity, they face disgusted looks there as well. In their shoes, one might feel discouraged and ashamed of what they look like from all the negativity that surrounds them.
Another assumption is that obese people rise the costs of health care.
When people think about the Fat Acceptance movement, they typically think that it is encouraging unhealthy eating and exercise causing many people to be against it. However, these people are misinformed. Even people that are in the fat acceptance movement do not know what it actually is for. Some fat acceptance blogs convey messages or videos to the public that give the wrong impression on the movement. The movement is to show that it is not right to discriminate or stigmatize people of a bigger
These people end up reducing their self-esteem from all the rude comments that they face in the world, whether it is online or in person. Body dissatisfaction can end up with eating disorders, lower levels of exercise, and weight gain. They even avoid medical facilities due to the fear of discrimination. When obese people go to the gym and try to get physical activity, they face disgusted looks there as well. In their shoes, one might feel discouraged and ashamed of what they look like from all the negativity that surrounds them.
Another assumption is that obese people rise the costs of health care.
When people think about the Fat Acceptance movement, they typically think that it is encouraging unhealthy eating and exercise causing many people to be against it. However, these people are misinformed. Even people that are in the fat acceptance movement do not know what it actually is for. Some fat acceptance blogs convey messages or videos to the public that give the wrong impression on the movement. The movement is to show that it is not right to discriminate or stigmatize people of a bigger