An issue that intrigues me is obesity, It intrigues me because my family has a problem. I am not obese per say but I fear that I might eventually get obese if I am not careful I might get obese, obesity is also a global problem as people do not access to healthy food choices and they do not have enough money to purchase fruits and vegetables. As a precaution I have adopted a vegetarian lifestyle to reduce my chances of getting obese and obtaining critical illnesses. After watching the video about Nauru obesity and they eating habits. People from Nauru did not have access to fruits an vegetables like most people, they were consuming a lot of fast foods, canned foods and consuming a lot of sugary products. The video and obesity makes it sociological …show more content…
Obesity is also plays into the image factor: appearance, when you are obese you look at your self differently I used to look at myself differently until I started being a vegetarian, I used to look at my body in the mirror and wonder why I had so much fat and think about how I was not happy to be the way I am, my confidence went down and I start questioning why I looked the way I looked while other look beautiful and slim. Because of culture and what society portrays how women should look like I continued not to love myself until I was 17, when I was 17 I decided to do something about my body and now I am no longer big, I have more confidence and I feel part of society. The fact that I did not love myself because I was not the image society preferred is the reason why we need more sociologist doing research and thinking of way to promote self love because sometimes obesity is a biological factor that is passed on from generation to