Mass trapping is one of the issues that attracts a lot of attention. Its media coverage is growing because more and more people find it a growing phenomenon. It’s getting bigger with incredible speed and harms public health more than anything else, including smoking. It turns out that the questions asked are often unpredictable. What are the causes of obesity health damage? Is the bigger problem obesity itself, or body-image? Have our expectations grown too thin?
A published study came out in the prestigious American Journal of Public Health in March of this year that tries to answer this question. First, the authors thought that only in the United States can you have a lifetime of obesity. Its 7.000.000 fertility eliminates death by premature mortality. A team of scientists from Columbia University reported that, out of a group of 150,000 people, 66 percent want to reduce their body weight, and only 26 percent think they are an appropriate weight. Naturally, this worries people.
Out of this group of people, only 26 percent to 41 percent had a normal body weight, according to BMI measurements. 20 percent of the non-disturbed were overweight, and 5 percent were abnormally fat. That is, the study supports the fact that selling Rubino body’s self-opinion of a significant role.
When the researchers calculated monthly sick days for those who are not satisfied with the weight, compared to those concerned about their bodies, it turns out that people who feel good about themselves are 25 percent less likely to visit their state hospitals, compared to those who are concerned about their situation. According to study results, people who were dissatisfied with their weight took 15 percent more sick days than those who were fine with their weight.. Mental suffering affecting people who are disappointed from the body on a background of common obesity in 36 percent.
The scientists tried to answer some questions that have become very controversial in the USA. How does the negative image of fat people affect the severity of their obesity, and diseases which affect the overweight? What is the contribution of public stigma that links success, beauty, sexuality and physical and mental health with a quick and lean body? What degree of discrimination is there against obese people in the public arena, at work, and at home?
This study’s conclusions are not revolutionary. Those who had a negative self-image and a strong desire to lose weight suffered severe physical and mental depression. This affected them more than the objective assessment of obesity measured by the BMI. These conclusions can of course be interpreted in two different ways. You can fight the positive connotations of thinness in advertising, television, and the newspaper. It’s possible to fight discrimination against fat. If a fat person gets a promotion at work, does well in sports and health insurance eligibility, or glorifies their capabilities in a relationship, they help reduce this stigma. I think these attempts have failed, however, and that fighting the negative connotations of obesity is like tilting at windmills.
On the other hand, the studies also show that having an objective reference to weight- for example, a regular BMI measurement reduces obesity and minimizes the diseases involved. There are many psychological distortions that go with obesity, but fighting them is like hacking at the branches. To really solve the obesity crisis, we’ve got to go for the root and solve the physical causes of obesity.