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Obesity And Self-Esteem

COMPLETELY IN MLA FORMAT! JUST ADJUST MARGINS!
Grant Wade
S. Chesne
Eng. 1013
29 March 2005
Obesity and Self-Esteem
Today obesity is talked about as a major physical health problem. It can cause diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, immobilization, and many other problems. However many articles fail to mention what is one of the most important and most destructive problems. This is the effect of obesity on one's mental health and wellbeing. Being excessively overweight usually instills in it's victims a sense of self worthlessness and gives them a very negative self-image. This can lead to an array of problems that affect the person in a way that is much more direct and difficult to deal with than physical problems. While the problem is known to affect men, it strikes women much more often.
The models and celebrities in the media that set the standard for what women should look like are thinner than 90-95 percent of the American female population (Seid p.6).......


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