Certainly this is good to recall when fat has become an obsession, such as with anorexia, bulimia, constant dieting and bingeing, when the issue of weight is clearly out of perspective. While fat is a feminist issue, it is also a health issue. Obesity can endanger the internal organs through clogging, making exercise difficult and slowing down the entire system. All of the internal organs can be endangered, particularly the heart.
Obesity arises from many general places.
Obesity can be hereditary, although there is some question about the behavioral component and the genetic, or it can result from a glandular dis-order. Over-eating is another factor, again somewhat complicated because conditions can become habitual in the system, such as the slowing of the metabolism. People do have different metabolic rates, and these play a very strong role in their body type. Other Causes Over-eating can be programmed in early childhood. A very high percentage of incest survivors have eating disorders.