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Fat vs Thin Which is the Best Option

By Mark on Jul 24, 2008 in Featured

With the rising levels of obesity and so much focus on being overweight it does tend to be in the media spotlight rather a lot, every so often when I catch the news which isn’t that often I might add. You can’t help fat-thin but notice when a story related to obesity and overeating comes on the news.

It really does make you wonder which of the two is better I personally myself do not like being fatter than I normally am even though I have put some weight on just recently I am aware of what has been causing it.

Let’s have a look at some of the pros and cons of being fat vs thin. It is not just psychological problems that you have to consider there are other things as well.

Overweight, Health

Being obese or overweight later on in life you’re far more likely to contract health problems such as adult onset diabetes, which is due to the lack of physical activity and eating the wrong foods, the problem with this is a lot of people aren’t even aware that they have it. There are others involved as well, high blood pressure, risk of stroke and or heart attack.
When you do any physical activity it will likely feel much harder to participate especially if it involves running around, you may find that you meet to rest more frequently, the main reason for this being is you tend to get a buildup of fat around your lungs which takes up the space so there is less room to expand and contract.
Your overall lifespan can be shortened greatly when you’re overweight.
You can tend to have less energy when you’re overweight, and don’t feel as good, you tend to miss that spring in your step.
Recent research that has come to light has found out that when you have a large belly then you’re far more likely to eat more food.

Overweight, Mental Health

In some studies that have been done, there has been some noted relationships with depression,anxiety, and panic attacks.
Some people will not go anywhere because they are very self-conscious of being overweight, they feel that people are watching them and pointing at the person who is overweight.
Prejudices, there there is now something called fatism which is being prejudiced against overweight people, it may be slightly harder for overweight people to get work sometimes, or they may get rejected from interviews more because naturally the employer tends to think that, somebody who is overweight may have more health problems than somebody who is thin.

Normal Weight, Health

When you are at your normal weight, you’re far less likely to suffer from problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems and all the other diseases associated with being obese or and/or overweight.
Doing physical activities will not tire you out so much you have more energy to do things, and have that certain spring in your step.
Expect a longer life with fewer problems due to the onset of age, so things like adult onset diabetes won’t be so much of a problem.
When you’re thinner you don’t need so much food because your overall body mass is less you don’t need so many calories to keep it going, think of a big car with a big engine it always need plenty of fuel, where as a small car uses less fuel. Another fact of this is when you lose weight your stomach shrinks as well so you will eat less food.

Normal, Weight Mental Health

When you’re a thinner person there is a likelihood that at some time in your life you may suffer from mental health problems, such as depression anxiety etc. But I would say that the probability of it is going to be far less you will probably tend to think about how you feel as a person more, and feel more confident being a thinner person.
Low self-esteem is probably more likely to be associated with being fat rather than thin.
You’re probably far more likely to feel self-conscious about how you look, and won’t probably look at yourself in the mirror all the time thinking about how you look. And whether or not you should lose some weight, because things can tend to go on a subconscious level, we can tend to not notice that they are going on at all even though they are.
You’re probably not going to come up against fatism so your chances of getting employment may be in fact higher. Because you will not be seen as so much of a risk.
Overall you will probably feel a lot happier as a person and far less likely to suffer from low self-esteem problems.

This is just a general overview so that people can see what problems there are depending on whether you are fat or thin. It doesn’t mean to say that being overweight is a bad thing and it’s not meant to be a fat person bashing post, some of the things that have been written about here problem will not apply to a lot of people, overweight people can be happy, and thing people can be unhappy.

It is more of a general overview a comparison of sorts and it is merely up to the individual to decide whether they want to be as they are or not.