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Obesity Imagine being 5 years old and being made fun of about your weight. Imagine being 60 years old and not have a social life. These are struggles people go through everyday. Weither they be young, old, or even for their entire life. If we let obesity continue it can only get worse as the years go on. Obesity causes people to die 5 years sooner (Brink and Querna 303). Diet and excersize is just not enough anymore (303). Portion sizes are growing and people are over eating and underexcersizing (303). People eat for instant gratification (305). They eat to feel good. There is not 1 magic way to loose weight (Wickens 309). Obesity cuts short 300,000 lives a year (Gibbs 311). Obesity is gradually increasing year by year. The community and federal government need to step in and come together to think of ways to prevent obesity. Obesity needs to stop before it's too late. Obesity affects people socially, emotionally, and physically. it can be hard for obese people to make friends due to their physical apperance. Obesity can bring your self-esteem down. Obese people feel alone and self-consious of what they look like and what people might think of them. Also, obese people may not be able to do physical activities such as: running, sports, or even something so simple as walking. Obesity can affect people in many ways. Obesity affects people emotionally because they are scared of what people think of them. They blame themselves for how they look and then aquire a low self-esteem (Koplan etc. al 319) Also, by being so concerned with what people think it can affect their grades and how they interact in school (319). If obesity starts when a kid is young, these affects can carry on to when they get older and might even worsen (319). Obesity affects people socially because it might be harder to make friends and be in a realtionship. Being obese can make it harder tfor them to build up their confidence and interact and meet new people. Obese people are scared to