... Disease Institute and Obesity Surgery Center website, it is stated, "Severely obese persons are approximately six times as likely to develop heart disease as those who are normal-weighted." The site also proceeds to state, "Obese persons are ten times as likely to develop Type II, Adult-Onset, Diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of adult-onset blindness, a major cause of ... well; pressure to be a rail thin runway model, pressure to keep their heads held high despite the sneers and remarks from strangers, and pressure from others to look "normal." The site also says that, "Seriously...

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