by Constance Lyons

Created on: April 16, 2008

I don't believe the entertainment industry should be held liable for what people do to themselves! The government plays a big role in saying how much people should weigh. Even the Health officials say we should be thin too. Not everyone should be thin, some people were born to be big...to others, food is an addiction that completely takes them over. Sure some people are so obese they are very unhealthy, can't move around and this is not good for anyone. Overweight people can function as well as others unless they have reached the severe obesity that keeps them from even standing up.

There is someone for everyone and thin people fall in love with obese people everyday. There is no sense in worrying about how big you are...some disorders are psychological. Take the women who is thin and all you see are bones, but when she looks at herself she sees fat. Is this the fault of someone other than herself?

I do think people should quit dictating how we should look and weigh, that would help more than pointing it out. You may help one group and be hurting the other. This is supposed to be a free country, but around every corner and on every TV someone is dictating how we should run our lives...that should stop!

The Entertainment industry is just a drop in a bucket of who is trying to run our lives by feeding us mentally that we should be slim. But again people have freewill, and what one does to him or herself is that persons business...obesity or gagging yourself is your own decision. The news media plays a big part in most of what goes on in the world. If a person doesn't hear about one person doing it then maybe they won't try it. That goes for a lot of things though.

Could be that people with disorders like these need attention and it's the way they came up with to get it! Anything that is continuously done can turn into an addiction. People are destined for different addictions. Not everyone is the same. You don't blame others for someones addiction...the first step as we all know is realizing you have a problem, then you have a better chance of fixing it.

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