BY
LUBNAH ABDULHALIM
THE
EXTREMES IN WEIGHT
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Have
you ever been called fat? Obese? Fatso? Or maybe stick, 1gb or any other kind
of name related to your body size? Have you ever had people rubbing it on your
face on how ugly you look because you just gained some weight or is too skinny?
Well, you are not the only one.
It
is always hurting and rather irritative when someone starts discriminating you
by your weight or height. Many people end up having stress and being depressed
for the comments they get from friends and relatives or colleagues. We tend to
forget that we are all creations of people and each individual are beautiful
just as they are. Sometimes the woman you laugh at for being obese could be
suffering from hypertension or that very skinny boy could be suffering from
diabetes. Yet still it isn’t a must that there should necessary be a reason for
someone being fat or too skinny.
We
can all remember as children at school, there would never miss that one boy or
girl who was called fatso and everyone including the teachers would mock at
their eating behaviours and body weight. The poor children always had a low
esteem and are mostly exposed to bullying. Some end up hating themselves and
their lives which makes them lock themselves up at home, with very few friends
while others start extreme diets that rather becomes unhealthy at some points.
It
has been noted though that it is mostly women who are hurt on how they are
perceived in terms of body weight and height. Many take up strict diets to
ensure that they lose much and never gain. The irony though is that some women,
though very skinny, still deny themselves food for the fear of gaining weight.
It is hereby that some become anorexic which is characterized by a phoebia of
gaining weight.
For
one to know whether they are underweight, normal, fat, overweight or obese you
should calculate your BMI, body mass index, which is a measure of body fat
based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. The weight of
each person depends on their height too and that is why for example people who
are both tall and fat, have big bones and thus the weight of the bones goes
both to the height and weight. So this tests clearly shows in which category
one is.
Gaining
weight isn’t an awful thing as most people make it seem though it is important
that one takes control of their eating habits such that they grow healthily.
For
those who are overweight or obese, don’t be too sad on your situation. There
are ways of keeping fit and dieting such that you may be in your right weight
category. As for those who are underweight, start eating well and not just
well, but healthily too. Keeping fit is better than dieting that could make you
fall down due to extreme food reduction. Accept yourself as you are, which is
most important.
What
some people forget is that one mans poison is another persons meat. The person
you may consider to be fat and ugly may still seem pretty to another person. The
rest of the world should show appreciation to every fat person we know instead
of being insensitive by mocking them. So today, we will make it special to
celebrate all the fat, overweight, obese as well as the skinny underweight all
over the world cheers to you! You are beautiful as you are!
