Healthy Lifestyle More Important Than Beautiful Body

The credo concerning body image in society is one of elitism: If you're stout, you're out. If you're thin, you're in. This obsession over obesity is creating people who are over concerned with their physical appearance.

Women are fixated on emulating the waiflike figures of today's models. Men believe that women hold no sense of attraction for a man who does not have a six-pack. People should not be concerned with having a beautiful body, but a healthy lifestyle. This body image mania only causes people to starve themselves and develop inferiority complexes.

People believe that if they are fat they are unwanted and flawed. This is not the case. Just because you're overweight does not mean that society will reject you. America and the rest of the world should make their mission one of fighting unhealthy choices instead of being skinny. Who cares about being stout? Can't having a stick-thin figure be just as deteriorating to your health?

I have seen a myriad of Internet ads claiming they know the secret to healthy lifestyles: pills, diet shakes or even free gastric bypass surgery. But the secret to a healthy life is simply eating less fatty foods and moving around more. If you're concerned with your body image, don't worry about it. This focus on body image is one of idiocy. Worry more about the life you lead and the people who care about you; the contentment and well-being will soon follow.

Since when did being so thin become so important? Who is shallow enough to judge a woman just by her body? Personally, I wouldn't want to date a woman who has a fantastic body but has a personality as interesting as a wet carrot.

Happiness comes from within someone, not from the opinions of society.