Obesity Statistics 2007

A renowned psychologist, recently wrote about the problem of obesity in America for the Hints column, which appears in my local newspaper. The title of his article, "Obesity is a medical illness, a behavioral disorder," shocked and scared me. She said, "Obesity meets all the clinical definitions of disease."

Given that this is a syndicated column and hundreds of newspapers will carry this article, I am compelled to write a refutation of this error scandalous facts. Perhaps with a certain stretch of the imagination, obesity may have received a diagnosis of the disease are medical-become or remain obese is the result of indoctrination and emotional adaptations and the environment, family, religion and society contributing to the emergence and proliferation of obesity.

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The frightening aspect of this article is the announcement that obesity is a disease, strengthening the role of the physician as an authority and role of the individual as a helpless person sick. This indoctrination instills the belief that disease, "is outside the direct control of the person and the doctor has a" treatment "and that the person must" listen to the doctor "to" recover. "Thus, the learned helplessness and submission is then amplified greatly by this insidious edict. The person becomes more obedient to the doctor and demoralizing principles of prescriptions, which is the mainstay of traditional Western medicine. Disclaimer for those Health and respect the authority of doctors becomes a way of life, anchored by facts wrong.

The National Center for Health Statistics, 2007, fixed the rate of obesity among Americans 31 percent. This statistic is probably low because many obese people do not appear in the statistics, because they rarely use medical services to be counted.

Side effects of obesity include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea and depression, which are diagnosed medical conditions. However, from a metaphysical standpoint, these issues can be traced back to emotional problems that precipitated the person to use food as a coping mechanism.

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Reasons for being overweight are:

aec emotional issues, fear, anger hidden strength to forgive, need protection, Fleeing feelings. Insecurity, hypersensitivity, self-rejection. Seeking fulfillment, sexual abuse, childhood trauma, corporal punishment and insults

aec diet rich in carbohydrates

aec Lack of exercise

aec thyroid imbalance

aec Insulin Imbalance

aec The problems of adrenal

aec Malfunction retention-kidney/heart (edema, phlegm accumulation)

aec The weakness of the digestive function

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