Obesity and Related Issues

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OBESITY AND RELATED ISSUES
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Reflection
Obesity or teenage obesity is a crucial point of discussion, which reflects the potential of
psychosocial and physical consequences. The main reasons/causal agents of psychosocial
consequences are the increasing rate of peer pressure as well as the social stigma, which creates
the base of stereotyping. The reason behind conducting this research is to understand the relation
between bodily dissatisfaction and obesity . The purpose of conducting the research was to
understand the consequences of psychological consequences, which can cause low self-esteem,
anxiety issues, eating disorders and depression. The research aimed at understanding the impact
of obesity on mental health of individuals. The experience of designing the research report was
awakening as well as complex at the same time as it had to base on the social stigma/social
practices, which are existent from a long time but have not been challenged for a positive result.
The data analysis of the project was planned with the purpose of identifying the root causes and
effects of obesity on young population, as they are more socially active. The data analysis of the
research report was based on qualitative research. The thematic analysis is stressed for analysing
the causes of behavioural changes/dissatisfaction with obese individuals as well as to understand
the relation between bodily dissatisfaction and obesity. The approach is known for highlighting,
recording as well as examining patterns of the derived data or information. The patterns are
identified by the grouping of data sets which best describes the specific questions and
phenomenon. The phenomenology approach is linked with the aspects of thematic approach and
it concentrates on commonality of experiences and practices in a given scenario. The thematic
and phenomenology approach were chosen for deducing both the knowledge about the causes of
the psychosocial changes and developing the understanding of the individual subjective concerns

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due to obesity Phenomenology is an approach to qualitative research that focuses on the
commonality of a lived experience within a particular group The advantage of selecting the
thematic approach for data analysis is the scope of assessing the problematic areas with the
linked phenomenon. It helped in understanding and interpreting the main theme of the research
project and contributed towards the response of the research aims/questions, which was beyond
individual experiences .The limitation of the data was its dependence on wide range of
interpretation, which was from numerous researched concepts. The data deduced was
comprehensive but missed the detailed expression of data . Moreover, the data and information
was deduced through thematic approach, which reflects the characteristics flexibility, making it
complex to focus on a single causal agent for obesity depression. The findings depicted that
obesity has a crucial link with the growing depression and changing behavioural pattern, which
in return cause the symptoms of psychological morbidity. One of the reasons of the findings has
directed towards the act of practicing preconceived notion regarding specific kind of body type.
The social stigma and unrealistic practices leads to the desire of having lean body type. The
harsh rejection faced by the obese youngsters in the society marks the emergence of fear, low
self-esteem, low confidence and anxiety issues. The findings reflected the ratio of youngsters and
old age people in regards with the psychological changes; the impact of obesity is found higher
in youngsters than old aged people due to the need of acceptance during the period of
socializing. Although, obesity should be considered as a health condition, which can be worked
upon but it is considered as the social ailment. The reason for this perception is the lack of
understanding or knowledge about the health condition associated with obesity. The concept of
obesity should be studied for deriving the way for eliminating the diminishing factor regarding
appearance. The data depicted that the modern culture is still involved in the partial nature of

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accepting slim bodies. The media is also responsible in building up the social stigma for obesity.
The decision, which was taken during the data analysis, was the fulfilment of the purpose for
identifying and discussing the root causes of obesity depression. The data analysis was solely
focused on deducing the researches against the social perception and stereotypes in regards with
the physical appearance . The decision was focused on the extraction of facts and researches,
which presented evidences of societal contribution of obesity depression. The presentation of
findings focused on the flow of exhibiting a theme for the causal agents of the adverse mental
health caused due to the rejection of obesity. The data extraction was chosen from the source of
researched evidences with the association of secondary research.
Research project
Research aims and objectives
The research aims to analyses the issue of body image and body dissatisfaction of the people
with obesity of all ages. The following objectives have been taken into consideration:
 To analyse the relation between obesity and bodily dissatisfaction
 To understands what creates the dissatisfaction among the individual with the obesity and
what are the relations between the two parameters
 To recommend the ways in which it can be managed
Rationale of research
It has been previously observed that the impact of obesity is not impacting on the health
of the individual; it is equally impactful on the behaviour of them. This is crucial to understand