Our culture is obsessed with how we look.  We are endlessly searching for the right products and diets that will make us beautiful.  We spend endless amounts of money on the right clothes, makeup, diets, and even surgeries just so we can become our “ideal” self.  But in all of this, no one is actually paying attention to how healthy we are.  Most people, myself included, don’t really give any thought to what we are doing to the inside of our bodies, just as long as the outside is deemed acceptable.  This mindset is causing major problems in our society.  While overweight individuals can certainly struggle with their weight and desire to change, not everyone is going to take kindly to someone telling them to lose weight “because I don’t want to see so many fat people.”   To affect greater change, we need to get across the reasons why change is necessary.  Obesity should be a problem of health, not jean size.  If educators can get this point across and outline the specific dangers of obesity, we will make much more progress.  All that said, I think it’s important to note that just because a person looks good on the outside, does not mean he or she is healthy.  If you look at me, most people will assume that I am a generally healthy person.  But in reality, I haven’t worked out regularly for five years and I eat a lot more desserts than I should.  So does the fact that my BMI falls in the normal range mean that I am more healthy than a person who is considered overweight and works out every day and eats properly? I don’t think so.  Keeping all of this in mind, I believe that making healthy choices is what should be promoted, not maintaining a certain “size.”