Many women of today are very weight conscious. Females from fashion magazines, models, entertainers and movie stars have perfectly curved slim bodies. Every woman probably wants to be like them, they get into exercising, dieting or yoga. But we are blinded by the fact that we have more obese or anorexic women in the United States than in any other country. The statistics show that thirty percent of American women are obese and one percent of young women are suffering from anorexia nervosa. Both obesity and anorexia are classified as eating disorders and they have totally opposite effect on the body shape. This essay will give information on the cause and effect of both eating disorders.
             I have a friend named Lisa; she is a beautiful lady with good sense of humor but overweight. She has been suffering from obesity since her childhood. Her family members are all in the same range of weight. She would eat tons of food everyday, eating something while watching TV and snacking between meals. Being heavy, she feels lack of energy to do things. Walking around would make her catch her breath. She is an example of an obese women and this gave me the idea of writing an essay about her eating disorder and the opposite of it anorexia.
             In my own words, obesity is when a person is at risk of negative health consequences related to their weight. A person increases its weight with too much food intake and therefore stores excessive amount of fat in their body. Fat is essential to our body as a source of energy, but too much fat can lead to many life threatening diseases like diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, arthritis and some forms of cancer. Genetics also play a role in developing such huge bodies.
             According to Gary Langer of ABC News' analysis on obesity poll that he presented on May 30 2004, Americans are very concerned about their weight, but very few take action to change it. Statistics show that obesity became the ne...