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Are you saying that disapproval of obesity causes obesity?

If approval from parents, friends and grandparents is denied, and chunckiness seems to be the cause, what's going to happen? The kid is going to go to the freezer and get an ice cream. Or eat a chocolate bar. It makes you feel better.

It's an endless cycle.

If approval from parents, friends and grandparents is denied, and chunckiness seems to be the cause, what's going to happen? The kid is going to go to the freezer and get an ice cream. Or eat a chocolate bar. It makes you feel better.

It's an endless cycle.

You know, when you put it that way I think you're on to something. I think that negative feelings can cause people to get into a rut that they don't think they can get out of -- people with a more "positive" temprement are more able to take action to change something that's wrong in their lives.

I'm not sure this is a wide-spread cause of the obesity epidemic (I think that big portions of fast food and sodas and infrequest exercise are more to blame) but it's part of the puzzle.