Question

Obesity is often seen by the general public as a character flaw. Why is this perception a misunderstanding of both the biological and psychological aspects related to obesity? What steps can be taken to educate people on the problem?

Answer 1

The perception of the fact that obese people do not take care of themselves and are responsible for their ill health is prevailing for long. There are perceptions of certain sections of society is that obesity is related to poor lifestyle choices. However, that may not be the case at all times because Stress, sleep health, hormones, chronic pain, underlying medical conditions, medications, genetics, and multiple other environmental and economic factors are some of the primary reasons which do contribute to obesity and one may not be voluntarily doing that to themselves. There is also a notion that weight loss will reduce obesity and an obese person may again function as a person who has a perfect body weight. This may also not be true because just weight loss does not solve the problem, the human metabolism has a method to function and losing too much weight at once can disrupt the body's energy systems and might cause physical complications and it can also cause psychological stress , increased muscle loss can take place and in turn there is a risk of our metabolism getting lower.

So what can be noted is that a huge section of the society we live in are not aware and well educated about the problems and causes related to obesity and thus tend to loosely comment and also there are individuals who believe that negative criticism can bring about a positive change in individuals.

The steps which can be taken to educate people about the misconceptions of obesity is that -

Firstly educate them about what obesity is how it is caused and what are the biological and psychological consequences to it.

Secondly create mass awareness program related to obesity to prevent the stereotype which is prevailing

Thirdly conduct group support sessions for helping with problems related to obesity.

Lastly make people understand that negative criticism is a strict no-no and that never motivates them instead come up with optimistic advices which would boost their confidence and make them strong willed in their journey to get rid of obesity.

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Answer 2

Obesity can be helped in different ways, mostly healthy diets make it worse, due to the fact the last thing they could want is food. Exercise regularly could help. If there are heart issues talking to a doctor could help too; we can educate people, and others with this issue by helping those who struggle with obesity, and spreading the word. Psychological issues can be helped, yet biological can't, this misconception can lead to different things in public, most people could be shamed; or looked down upon, yet it can be helped.