Is Being Obese Bad?
In India, people always tend to greet people by body shaming them especially family members when they meet them during festivals and talk about the weight of a particular person that too in front of everyone. We all have those types of friends who always give persons nicknames who are obese or overweight. For the people who are fat, this manifests in people commenting on their appearance and also giving them advice on the same. And some people do it on purpose to feel the person in front guilty and ashamed of their own body.
Obese is just a term that is defined as a person who is above the normal weight. The person is considered being obese if he/she is more than 20% over their ideal weight. That ideal weight is counted by weighing the person’s height, age, sex, and build.
When people tend to eat calories than their bodies store in the body as fat. For some people, it is not at all a health risk. But when people keep up a pattern of eating more calories than they burn in the gymnasium they build a lot of fat in their bodies. This eventually leads to being overweight or obese to tell if someone has a greater chance of developing weight-related health problems.
Obesity is sometimes in the genes of the families which then leads to eating food that is unhealthy for their body just like junk food, oily, etc. People who are consuming high amount of calorie and low amount of nutrients snacks and beverages, bigger portions of food and less active lifestyles are all a sign of obesity. Some people feel that food is like their own personal comforter which then leads to eating food while you are stressed, or even when bored. And when this happens they tend to eat more than the usual portion of the quantity.
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People always tend to spend more amount of time in front of the screens like TV, laptop, computer, mobile phone rather than moving around. Kids at their young age always have gadgets around them so they always sit at home playing games on TV, Computer, laptop or mobile phone. As they sit at home and do not have any exercise to do they keep on munching onto things and always end up being overweight since a very small age.
Now let us come to the main topic that if being obese is good or not. Firstly, it is not at all okay to judge a person by their weight. People have a lot of busy days in their lives some are working, some go to school or some are a housewife and most of the people like to eat out more rather than home-cooked meals. This is the major cause of being obese or overweight. And snacks play a major role as they are just sitting and having no movement for many hours and just munching on, this leads to being overweight at a very small age and is found in children. Especially during the lockdown, when people were at home and were not at all having any exercise or gym to do they all were suffering from being overweight which leads to unhealthiness in the body and increases fat quantity also.
Being overweight later leads to a lot of problems like pain in the joints which can lead to sickness. And people who are facing this problem can lead to having diseases like diabetes at a very early age. This can also lead to tiredness all the time in the body and people can also go into depression because of this.
How can we help people from recovering from this?
We can always help them by talking to them and understanding what the actual problem is and can also consult a doctor if needed and start telling them the benefits of eating good and nutritious food which may lead to a healthy and fit lifestyle. Exercise should also be a daily part and parcel of life which leads to a healthy lifestyle. You should love the way you are and should not ever judge yourself because someone else did.
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