The environmental hazard of "endocrine disrupters"--products that mimic estrogen and derange the body's endocrine balance--is also a recent occurrence. Endocrine disrupters are found in everyday products like hand soap, shampoos, cosmetics, cleaning products, plastics, carpets, furniture and food containers. Endocrine disrupters are also linked to early puberty in girls when their mothers used them.
SSRI antidepressants--which as much as a quarter of the population takes--and other psychiatric drugs are strongly associated with weight gain and it is one of their main drawbacks. Artificial sweeteners have, ironically, also been linked to obesity but they do not exonerate high fructose corn syrup which is also a culprit.
The U.S. obesity epidemic is not just about vanity or snarkiness--it is about health. Obesity is linked to many cancers and a driving reason behind chronic pain, knee and hip replacements and back surgery.
Overweight people typically have such low self-esteem they would not speak up and defend fat people when they are fat shamed.. Yet when considering all the factors beyond eating that contribute to their excess weight--should they have such low self-esteem?
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