Why do people let themselves get morbidly obese?

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I don't understand how it even happens. I eat more than the average person, don't exercise much(I know, I need to more but it is winter)... and I am only slightly overweight. In fact, I've dropped 5 pounds in the past few weeks from little effort. My metabolism is on the slower end too. How do people get so obese?

sean1234 · Accepted Answer

Trust me, if you think your eating as much as them, your kidding yourself.  I have a relative which is 100lbs over weight and not very tall, she would say you're sick from not eating very much while at the same time you say... "No, I'm full, that was a good meal". They have every excuse in the book for being over weight and staying over weight. She will pretty much tell you, "well you've got to eat and eat and eat till you're full!" and people like her will say it with a straight face. Over weight people have big stretched stomachs that lie to them and tell them they are still hungry when they're not.

Jonny_ · Accepted Answer

I used to think that myself when my metabolism was great and I exercised a lot... Over the last few years I gained quite a lot of weight in a short space of time and I actually didn't notice it for ages... I'm nowhere near obese but the start signs creep up very quickly, my diet still sucks but I'm at the point where I could continue to do nothing, or I can stop it now and get back into shape.

alchemy12 · Accepted Answer

Usually it's medically related, not just due to eating a bit more or not exercising enough.

Debilitating emotional issues is the main reason. Some people use drugs and alcohol, sex, shopping, etc. Others use food to cope and overeat compulsively. Like other eating disorders such as anorexia or bullemia it can be difficult to stop.

Some medications also can severely increase your appetite as a side effect, thus causing you to overeat, thereby inducing obesity.

bombdotcom · Accepted Answer

Morbidly obese people usually eat out of emotion and live around enablers. The weight creeps up, yet those around them say nothing and will continue feeding them. When they hit 400 lbs no one says anything and they still keep feeding them.

Food doesn't solve the issue and no one will intervene, soon they're 600lbs.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

People who overeat eat for emotional reasons, it's an emotional addiction. Until they deal with THAT, they'll continue to be overweight and in a lot of cases, just get bigger and bigger.

People think being fat is just about eating poorly and not exercising. There's actually A LOT more to it than that.

oappo · Answer

How? I'm guessing:

-They were introduced to bad food/bad eating habits at a young age(this is the parent's fault).

-They are going through very stressful times(bullying, family abuse, mental disabilities?, ect) and turned to food for comfort

-Medication/surgery that causes this?

There is not a single person out there that wants to be morbidly obese...I think at some point they see what they are doing but have difficulty stopping. That is when they need a friend/help the most.

RasmusAiken · Answer

For the morbidly obese, eating has little to do with satisfying hunger.  Instead, food has become their substance of abuse that they use to kill the emotional pains of everyday living.

Prof_Don · Answer

Depression, lack of a support system.

It could be something as simple as being in an overweight family and in that family culture NOBODY says "you've been gaining weight, you may want to get that under control early).

abundantlyrich · Answer

They have thyroid problems or their metabolism isn't doing the job

chocolateismylover · Answer

Its easier for them to ignore it than to actually do something about it.

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