Comments on: Obesity Epidemic http://www.groovybabe.co.uk/2007/08/20/obesity-epidemic/ Taking one day at a time... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Groovybabe http://www.groovybabe.co.uk/2007/08/20/obesity-epidemic/#comment-391 Groovybabe Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:37:01 +0000 http://www.groovybabe.co.uk/2007/08/20/obesity-epidemic/#comment-391 Yeah, I have a psychologist friend and she said the same. Yeah, I have a psychologist friend and she said the same.

]]> By: Spunk http://www.groovybabe.co.uk/2007/08/20/obesity-epidemic/#comment-390 Spunk Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:11:31 +0000 http://www.groovybabe.co.uk/2007/08/20/obesity-epidemic/#comment-390 At least we have the beginnings of people looking at this as a mental thing. In my abnormal psychology class, my professor said they were pushing to have binging put in the eating disorders category along with anorexia and bullemia. At least we have the beginnings of people looking at this as a mental thing. In my abnormal psychology class, my professor said they were pushing to have binging put in the eating disorders category along with anorexia and bullemia.

]]> By: Groovybabe http://www.groovybabe.co.uk/2007/08/20/obesity-epidemic/#comment-389 Groovybabe Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:12:28 +0000 http://www.groovybabe.co.uk/2007/08/20/obesity-epidemic/#comment-389 <b>Anne Laure</b> Well I never said it was "just" a side effect but esentially that is what it is. Obesity is the act of being extremely overweight, a physical condition. How we get there is the psychological battle. Plus if you are obese you must be eating vast amounts (unless on meds) to maintain that kind of weight, thus obesity is a side effect of binging. I beg to disagree that people 'want' to be obese. I don't think anyone wants to be obese, although some do accept it - but thats something else entirely. I don't even really think many people are accepting of it, I think people give into it though. Knowing the risks of being overweight and yet maintaining that shows just how complex a disorder obesity is. I think if you truely believe that obesity makes people happy and they 'perfectly' deal with their image and the way people view them then you don't really have much of an idea as to what it is like to live each day as an obese person in todays western culture. It's not about having a harder or easier disorder, its about dealing with the disorder at hand. There will always be worse disorders no matter what disorder you are talking about, you can't give a disorder importance in that way. Many many people suffer hugely, many take their own lives because of it and others lose their lives because their bodies cannot cope. This is a very serious disorder that needs the government to understand in a real way. Anne Laure
Well I never said it was “just” a side effect but esentially that is what it is. Obesity is the act of being extremely overweight, a physical condition. How we get there is the psychological battle.
Plus if you are obese you must be eating vast amounts (unless on meds) to maintain that kind of weight, thus obesity is a side effect of binging.

I beg to disagree that people ‘want’ to be obese. I don’t think anyone wants to be obese, although some do accept it - but thats something else entirely. I don’t even really think many people are accepting of it, I think people give into it though. Knowing the risks of being overweight and yet maintaining that shows just how complex a disorder obesity is.

I think if you truely believe that obesity makes people happy and they ‘perfectly’ deal with their image and the way people view them then you don’t really have much of an idea as to what it is like to live each day as an obese person in todays western culture.

It’s not about having a harder or easier disorder, its about dealing with the disorder at hand. There will always be worse disorders no matter what disorder you are talking about, you can’t give a disorder importance in that way. Many many people suffer hugely, many take their own lives because of it and others lose their lives because their bodies cannot cope. This is a very serious disorder that needs the government to understand in a real way.

]]> By: Anne Laure http://www.groovybabe.co.uk/2007/08/20/obesity-epidemic/#comment-387 Anne Laure Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:50:13 +0000 http://www.groovybabe.co.uk/2007/08/20/obesity-epidemic/#comment-387 I'm not sure about obesity being just a side effect of binge eating. Sometimes people just "want" to be obese, and eat as much as they can to reach that sort of goal. Then obesity itself becomes, somehow, a psychological situation. Disorder? Maybe, or maybe not. Those poeple know the risks of being overweight, and accept it. Being obese makes them happy, and they perfectly deal with their image and the way people view them. I've know worst kind of disorders. I’m not sure about obesity being just a side effect of binge eating.
Sometimes people just “want” to be obese, and eat as much as they can to reach that sort of goal.
Then obesity itself becomes, somehow, a psychological situation. Disorder? Maybe, or maybe not. Those poeple know the risks of being overweight, and accept it. Being obese makes them happy, and they perfectly deal with their image and the way people view them. I’ve know worst kind of disorders.

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