Overweight
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Overweight
Overweight refers to increased body weight in relation to height, when compared to some standard of acceptable or desirable weight. According to the National Center for Chronic Disease, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight has more than doubled since the early 1970s. Ever since I was small, I was prejudice against people who are overweight.
My prejudice comes from the way people who are overweight treat themselves. Overweight individuals most of the time suffer from obesity. They eat until they cannot eat anymore. However, my prejudice did not start until I came to the United States. In Haiti, my birth country, ladies who are overweight are considered to be healthy. In the United States it is totally the opposite.
Being overweight is something not too many people feel proud of...