Do you think the obsession with curing obesity will cause eating disorders?

Question

Even if obesity is a health problem, people are obsessed with being healthy and losing weight. do you think that teenagers and adults (even at healthy weights) or overweight could turn to eating disorders because of all the attention on being thin or fit.

My personal opinion: yes I think it does because I have always been a normal or healthy weight and I struggle daily with low self esteem and I probably overexercise and eat too few calories because I am terrified of being fat

Answer 1

I think that you have answered your own question. We have already seen the damage that has been done to girls and women (and a few men), because of society's cruelty, where weight is concerned. People can not understand that God did not make us all to look exactly the same. There are tall people and short people, thin people and fat people. Society does not seem to have a problem when someone is not a standard height, but the cruelty where weight is concerned is unbelievable. No one chooses to be fat, just like no one chooses to have blue eyes or fair skin. That is just the way God made them. There is, finally, research that shows that a person's eating habits are not always the reason for being overweight. They, now, know that it may be biological.
Maybe, one day, people will learn to accept others as they are and not expect them to be what society has decided is perfect. God does not make mistakes! There is a reason that some people tend to gain more weight than others. There are many slender people who eat more than any heavy person would ever dream of eating. Why do you think that is? Maybe, because God made them to be thin. We all need to learn to love people for who they are and not what they look like. All people are wonderful just the way God made them.

Answer 2

No I don't. If people would learn how to eat right, they could eat all they want and still lose weight. I'm living proof that it works. Last year at this time, I was 215. Today, I'm 172 (I'm a 5'11" male). In the first two months, I lost over 30 lbs just by diet alone and was never hungry. Being diabetic, I have to eat right, or shoot insulin every day. I choose to eat right. I feel better and look better too. I would like to lose another 10 lbs, but that's not really as important as feeling good. I am not obsessed with being skinny, just healthy.

For your self esteem, may I suggest:
"The Feeling Good Handbook" by Dr. David Burns?

For a healthy diet, I would like to suggest Chet Day's:
http://www.chetday.com

Answer 3

I think that the more I think about dieting and focusing on what I eat the more I binge and the more unhealthy I get about my eating. I try to focus on healthy eating instead and eating no junk and I do better. Diets just make me more obsessive and I tend to develop problems and eating disorder type behavior. When I think nutrient dense food no junk. I am more likely to feel un deprived and feel good. I do not do crazy binge stuff on junk. I just keep the nutrients flowing and eat extra good stuff if I need to. Much better. I have lost 2 lbs a week doing a diet of fish every night with a steamed vegtable and a tiny amt of carb. This with a sensible lunch with protein and a breakfast with protein. All ballanced. Nothing with junk, no soda and nothing depriving. When I do jennny craig or even weight watchers which I think is the best I get obsessive and weird. It is just me. I am too fragile about eating disorders. I think I have had them since I was little.

Answer 4

Of course it will. It already has.

There are so many girls out there causing harm to themselves because the starve themselves, or they eat a little and then purge.

We need to find a good way to teach these girls that everyone is beautiful in their own way. Being super skinny is not good, just like being overly overweight is not good. Everyone needs to find the good middle ground for themselves where they are comfortable with themselves and are therefore happy.

Stop worrying about what others think.

I'm 5'2" and weigh approx. 135lbs. A couple of months ago, I was sick with the flu and lost 10 to 15lbs in a week. Although I was happy that I had lost my little belly, I was so extremely uncomfortable in my skin. I gain that weight back as soon as I possibly could. Sure, I could probably lose a few pounds. But I'm comfortable in my body. I love being curvy. My bf also loves my body.

I've never received any complaints or bad comments (to my face). Women are suppose to be curvy!

Learn to embrace and love what you have.

To those that don't like it, just ignore them. Their probably jealous.

Answer 5

well yeah it can because it can lead to depression and alot of people while depressed turn to food for comfort then gain weight. and well alot of teenagers especially girls ridicule other girls because of their weight if the girl they are making fun of is just a bit thicker and the girl goes out to buy an ice cream cone or a box of pizza as well as some boys would but you shouldn't be terrified of being fat its whats on the inside that counts you know men today love a woman with a lil body on her especially black men. but stay healthy just dont be afraid of gaining a little weight otherwise you will end up looking like a crack head

Answer 6

well beng overweight or obese in the first place is an eating disorder of sorts so if it does- we will jsut be trading one problem for another.

But the media is partly to blame because of all the heatlh risks associated with obesity. On the other hand - it's one of the few things they do right!

Answer 7

It already does cause eating disorders. But, like any other health and fitness craze, it doesn't affect enough people to cause for alarms.