Throughout these books the obese adolescent is faced with a great number of difficulties. Yet, by the end of each book, each child either loses the weight or starts to lose the weight. I have a problem with the endings of all of these books. Being overweight myself and growing up overweight, I know that the way these books end is not realistic, Life could never be that easy. More obese children grow up to be obese adults than the thin supermodel adults one sees on television and in advertisements.
Overweight adults have a hard time with their lives because of their childhood.
They take on the negative self-image projected by others. It has taken me about four years to look at myself in the mirror and tell myself that I am beautiful just the way I am. Even then it is hard. The abuse an overweight person receives from others leaves a wound that never heals. Many overweight children are faced with the torment of being ridiculed and outcast every day by peers and family.