<p>when i'm in america, i'm able to pick out the europeans :/</p>
<p>as am i.....lololol</p>
<p>I wrote this in another thread, but I believe all relations to obesity should be written here.</p>
<p>I mean come on, the obese sometimes say that it's because of genetics they turned fat, others say it was environmental factors on how much they ate as a young child while others say it was hormonal/chemical imbalances that changed their body fat ratio when they were born. Like the person who wrote earlier about how people knew they were homo by the time they were seven or eight, this really reminds me of the case of where the majority of the obese believe that they notices their overwhelming obesity at around the same age. I'm really glad that obesity is not a "sin" though some say it is because of glutton that there are obese people, I personally believe that the Obese are just hungry and due to their chemical make up cannot survive with a certain amount of food in their body daily. I mean like what has been referred to earlier, not that many people make an active choice to be homo, the same goes for obese people, maybe even more so. I mean no-one just chooses to be obese. You can say it's a combination of genetics/environment/good food that makes the obese become obese, and come out to society. People say their parents alienate them when they come out and say they are homo, have you ever seen an obese girl with skinny *****y parents? That's what I call a living hell. They scream at the little girl, talk about how ugly and fat she is her entire life. This just makes the little girl want to eat more which ends up in an even worse case of obesity. I think the obese, if they really really wanted to go and try, they could become "not obese" with the right amount of help and exercise. Yea, thank you all for listening.</p>
<p>O snap there's more</p>
<p>Then again, we have to relate this all new evidence with the obese people in this world.</p>
<p>What is obesity?</p>
<p>Obesity is an enduring emotional, romantic, and affectionate attraction to different types of food to eat.</p>
<p>What Causes a Person To Have Obesity?</p>
<p>There are numerous theories about the origins of a person's obesity; most scientists today agree that obesity is most likely the result of a complex interaction of environmental, cognitive and biological factors. In most people, obesity is shaped at an early age. There is also considerable recent evidence to suggest that biology, including genetic or inborn hormonal factors, play a significant role in a person's obesity. In summary, it is important to recognize that there are probably many reasons for a person's obesity and the reasons may be different for different people.</p>
<p>Is Obesity a Choice?</p>
<p>No, human beings can not choose to be either obese or not. Obesity emerges for most people in early adolescence without any prior obesity. Although we can choose whether to act on our feelings, psychologists do not consider obesity to be a conscious choice that can be voluntarily changed.</p>
<p>Can Exercise Change Obesity?</p>
<p>No. Even though most obese people live successful, happy lives, some obese or fat people may seek to change their appearance through therapy, sometimes pressured by the influence of family members or religious groups to try and do so. The reality is that obesity is not an illness. It does not require treatment and is not changeable.</p>
<p>However, not all obese, and fat people who seek assistance from a mental health professional want to change their appearance. Obese people may seek psychological help with the coming out process or for strategies to deal with prejudice, but most go into therapy for the same reasons and life issues that bring healthy people to mental health professionals.</p>
<p>What About So-Called "Jenny Craig and other programs"?</p>
<p>Some exercise therapists who undertake so-called conversion therapy report that they have been able to change their clients' obesity from fat to thin. Close scrutiny of these reports however show several factors that cast doubt on their claims. For example, many of the claims come from organizations with an ideological perspective which condemns obesity/gluttony. Furthermore, their claims are poorly documented. For example, treatment outcome is not followed and reported overtime as would be the standard to test the validity of any mental health intervention.</p>
<p>The American Psychological Association is concerned about such therapies and their potential harm to patients. In 1997, the Association's Council of Representatives passed a resolution reaffirming psychology's opposition to obeseophobia in treatment and spelling out a client's right to unbiased treatment and self-determination. Any person who enters into therapy to deal with issues of obesity has a right to expect that such therapy would take place in a professionally neutral environment absent of any social bias.</p>
<p>Is obesity a physical Illness or physical Problem?</p>
<p>No. Healthologists, doctors and other physical health professionals agree that obesity is not an illness, physical disorder or a physical problem. Over 35 years of objective, well-designed scientific research has shown that obesity, in and itself, is not associated with physical disorders or physical problems. Obesity was once thought to be a physical illness because physical health professionals and society had biased information. In the past the studies of obese and fatl people involved only those in therapy, thus biasing the resulting conclusions. When researchers examined data about these people who were not in therapy, the idea that obesity was a physical illness was quickly found to be untrue.</p>
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I'm really glad that obesity is not a "sin" though some say it is because of glutton that there are obese people, I personally believe that the Obese are just hungry
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hehe...Sheed :p</p>
<p>It's the truth :D</p>