Argumentative Essay: The Issue Of Obesity

When people mention the word obesity, what comes to mind? It has always been associated with negativity even with, but not limited to, laziness, poor choices, passiveness, and many more undesirable words. Society has always been known to point to those who are easily vulnerable. Throughout the many years, obesity has been mentioned several times. From commercials, newspaper articles about losing weight, poor diets, and inadequate methods of exercise. Many shows like the Biggest Loser, Celebrity Fit Club, and I Used to Be Fat all point to the undesirable circumstance of being overweight or obese. There is an underlying warrant that obesity is not okay. Some say that it is a factor that deteriorates health but some may hold it as an identity …show more content…
According to an online article in obesityaction.org, there is a difference between weight stigma and weight discrimination. It also explains the difference by stating that “weight stigma includes verbal teasing” and that discrimination is the “unfair treatment of people because of their weight” (Puhl). This source provides information about several stigmas and discrimination that overweight and obese people face due to obesity and thus one can simulate this socially unacceptable behavior. The purpose of this source is to possibly educate the public on the unfair treatment of people and create an understanding to stop this issue. Obese people may feel alienated from their peers, disconnected to express themselves or their image simply due to the reason that they have to live with legal propaganda portrayed in the media, television shows, movies, magazines or any other form of advertisement. An article called Modifiable Environmental Obesity Risk Factors Among Elementary School Children In A Mexico-US Border City, by López-Barrón, explains obesity about young children in the US-Mexican border, which explains that there is an increase in obesity in younger age groups (as well as in adults) throughout the article with various BMI (Body Mass Index) charts and mathematical back ups. This article may be utilized to show and educate the public about obesity in these certain areas but its main focus is on children. Children are targeted but even though it shows all of these charts and BMIs and studies, how would one be able to identify how these children were used for this study? Did they know that it was on obesity and if so, would they feel comfortable that professionals, solely or not for the purpose of learning, used them to conduct their studies because they were overweight? There are various angles in which one could see this article’s implication. A statement could be, there is an