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INTRODUCTION

Obesity is a growing epidemic and effects both physical and psychological health. With many of these factors attributed to my own personal life, I chose this topic to further my knowledge in the efforts being made to treat the psychological side of obesity and overweight individuals. Through my own experiences, I have found that depending on your own self-esteem and body image perception, you can overcome society stigma's related to being obese and overweight and conquer all that you may desire.

Obesity in America has reached enormous proportions with an estimated 61% (1 p. 1581) of adults being either overweight or obese. Obesity is calculated according to the Body Mass Index. (4 p. 67, 68) The Body Mass Index is calculated with the individual's height and weight. BMI scores range from 12 (underweight) to 49 (obese to morbidly obese) with the optimal scores, at any age, being 19-25. (1 p.1582)
With society stressors ever prevalent, it is thought that an......

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