Eating disorders are physically and emotionally damaging caused people to suffer which resulted in decay. The article “Eating disorders” stated that approximately 127 million adults in the United States are overweight, nearly one-third are obese, and 9 million are severely obese (Opposing Viewpoint). This is important because obesity can cause many serious health problems. According to the article “Health consequences of eating disorders” it mentioned that “there are many potential health consequences from being obese such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol level, heart disease as a result of elevated triglyceride level, second diabetes and gallbladder disease.” (1) As a young teenage boy myself that used to be overweight when I was in eighth grade, I can tell that it is very frustrating and depressing.
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Shortly after, I became overweight which I did not really bother to care even when my parents told me that I became heavy. However, all of my friends started to make fun of me and told me how fat I was. I began to feel lazy and tired everyday just to walk from one class to another. My clothes would not fit me anymore because I became so big that I had to throw all of them away. I felt very sad and lonely because all of my friends are fit and healthy and they would not play with me. I finally realized that being overweight isn’t a good thing because it stopped me from being active. I decided to stop eating fat food and began to exercise to get back to where I used to be. It was a toughest time in my life because I had to be on a diet and exercise regularly. It took me a quite amount of time to lose weight and lived a normal life again. It is fortunate that I lose weight because nowadays many people are struggling to live a normal life because they are obese. Many people are also having diseases from being overweight that force them to drink medicine every day to maintain their
Shortly after, I became overweight which I did not really bother to care even when my parents told me that I became heavy. However, all of my friends started to make fun of me and told me how fat I was. I began to feel lazy and tired everyday just to walk from one class to another. My clothes would not fit me anymore because I became so big that I had to throw all of them away. I felt very sad and lonely because all of my friends are fit and healthy and they would not play with me. I finally realized that being overweight isn’t a good thing because it stopped me from being active. I decided to stop eating fat food and began to exercise to get back to where I used to be. It was a toughest time in my life because I had to be on a diet and exercise regularly. It took me a quite amount of time to lose weight and lived a normal life again. It is fortunate that I lose weight because nowadays many people are struggling to live a normal life because they are obese. Many people are also having diseases from being overweight that force them to drink medicine every day to maintain their