Obesity is an ongoing epidemic in the world today, and some would be surprised at what is considered obese. I have seen images of people who look far from overweight but are considered obese because of their BMI. In chapter 10 of Everything’s an Argument, it says that “anything you eat beyond your immediate need for energy converts to fat.” If this is the case, then I know a lot of people who should be on the verge of becoming obese because they eat well over the amount of food for the energy they need. I do not think that it is fair to say, a person who has very little body fat showing obese because their BMI is over 30. The media is trying to make it seem as though obesity has a lot to do with other health problems that are occurring, and I think they are doing this because they know that when others see someone overweight and in the hospital they automatically assume that other person’s health problems originated from their obesity. We talked about this in class, but another thing that the media does put the spotlight on women when they gain a couple of pounds or a little heavier in a particular dress. They do not do the same for men and I think that could possibly send out a negative message to younger girls who see this along with the Laws of Fat. If teenage girls knew about the First Law of Fat they would be very self-conscious of what they ate and how much they ate.
