The fat woman thinks she is thinner

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The fat woman thinks she is thinner
The fat woman thinks she is thinner
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According to a study by the Gravitas Institute, as we gain weight, our self-image is distorted - at least when it comes to estimating our size. David Kerrigan, a plastic surgeon who mainly performs contouring and liposuction surgeries, said that 50% of his patients see their own bodies in a distorted way, and when you show them pictures of different body shapes, they usually misidentify their own

In the case of patients with a body mass index below 50, one in three imagined themselves to be larger, while three quarters of those who were over 50 saw themselves as much slimmer. According to the surgeon, this may be the key to why people who are already obviously overweight to others do not regulate their eating habits.

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"What's particularly interesting about this is that reaching a BMI of 50 seems to also mean crossing another imaginary boundary: this is where the denial, self-deception, and hard-to-lose extra pounds begin," Kerrigan said. "Today, it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that many thin people imagine themselves to be bigger than their size. This is obviously the source of guilt, low self-esteem and depression, and they really see themselves as much fatter than what the mirror shows. However there seems to be a certain point in the weight gain process where people bury their heads in the sand, just ignore the problem and instead of dealing with it, they sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire of obesity."

For the survey, Gravitas researchers examined 112 patients who were preparing for or had undergone some form of body shaping surgery, including malnourished and overweight patients.

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