Why are alot of people obssessed with weight?

Question

why cant people be happy with themselves,im not talking about abused people,ill people or people who self harm,im talking about every day people who feel the need to self criticise themselves.

Answer 1

I don't know either! I know what you mean. It is mainly because of the Media. It has made people become conscious of their weight because they think if they are a particular size they will fit in. Celebrities are either fat or skinny or sometimes an inbetween weight but they still get stick for it from the media. Teenagers want to be like their idols so they feel under pressure to be a certain size. I am naturally skinny, one time I did fret about my size in the past but now I just accept it as it's who I am. I have looked to a celebrity as my idol and it gives me hope everyday :] Good question!!

Answer 2

CNN reported this at one time.  "Hollywood`s Obsession with Weight." Stars getting thinner and thinner. Serious concerns they`re sending a dangerous message to the rest of America. Tonight, a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT special report on body image in Hollywood.

Going to extremes. The dramatic ways that stars are trimming down, even going under the knife to lose the pounds. Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT reveals why Hollywood is getting hooked on gastric bypass surgery." like the famous Star Jones who initially denied it.  

Plus, eating disorders in Hollywood. Jane Fonda`s remarkable confessions about her secret struggle, even as she was building a fitness empire. To name others like Abdul, Katharine McPhee,Mary Kay  Olsen, Nicole Richie, Jamie Lynn Siegler and Keira Knightley who refuses to admit her anorexia nervosa.  

The model industry only wants rail thin models.

In a way , it's good to be conscious that overweight and obesity is dangerous and predisposes one to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes and stroke. But to be overly obsessed and to put so much emphasis is another.  All the stars on the magazine covers in the supermarkets are all looking pretty and thin.  

Yep, I agree with you. One should learn to accept for whatever size they are and love themselves so they can love others. And get on with their lives.  There are a lot of other impt issues to be dealt with

Answer 3

I think the media have a part to play in this. They slag off celebrities if they are not thin, and the celebrities are what many people look up to for what they are 'supposed to be like'.

Answer 4

It's human nature not to be satisfied.  There is always going to be something people are not happy with. I guess it's what helps us move ahead in life.

Answer 5

it's all to do with s*x & confidence!

Answer 6

Because if the celebrities think its cool to be stick thin then "obviously" everyone has to be stick thin    Lolz

My friend says that if the Jonas Brothers said it was uncool to breathe 95% of teenage girls would be dead  Lol

:P

xx

Answer 7

Because there are so many fat/obese people around, just watch the tele and see them moved by cranes into hospitals and expect to become thin.

They just eat too much and do not ever exercise.

Then you get the extreme people who are already slim and want to be slimmer like the models and go on daft diets etc.

They should all eat healthy eat properly exercise daily then they will get the moderate size that they should be!

Answer 8

Your absolutely right, i had a thing for many years about my weight, why no idea but i kept on dieting and taking slimming pills, yes it worked but how stupid was i, well totally.

At the moment i have to take a prescribed pill which has pretty bad side effects, one being it makes me eat and recently because my doctors told me to loose two stone, i immediately thought right diet again, never considered pills as i have learned my lesson, for two weeks i went crazy dieting plan but decided no not again and i have just eaten what i fancy but tried to cut down on eating huge amounts.

So long as my health remains ok i cannot see any sense in slimming, i have upped my exercise and know that will start to help.

Answer 9

I'm not sure.

as long as your healthy you should be happy

so ppl are blessed with being skinny

others not so much .

but it shouldn't matter anyways.

&yes it probably as a lot to do with the media.

even tho most are hurting themselves to look that way or the picture is photoshopped

Answer 10

We are having an obesity epidemic in the US.  

Answer 11

Well, boys really loves girls who fit in size 10 and 12 because they love to have something to grab on to. As soon as they go above size 12, people start giving bad remarks about their looks. I guess that's why people, especially girls are obsessed about their weight, i was size 8, then before my exams i went up to size 10 and now i'm size 12!!! My boyfriend loves it, but i know behind my back, my friends chat ******* about it!!  

Answer 12

I have no idea... vanity. THE MEDIA. etc

Answer 13

i really dont know :s

i spose alot of it is trying to reach what they THINK is the 'Perfect weight'

after seeing skinny models in the media etc