Unless there are compelling medical reasons for not doing so, anyone weighing 20 percent or more over the normal limit for his age and body build should be helped to slim down. It is extremely important however, for the motivation to come from the person himself rather than from outside pressure.
Unless an overweight person really wants to reduce, he will not succeed in doing so, certainly not permanently even though he appears to be trying. He must have convinced himself-intellectually and emotionally-that the goal of weight loss is truly worth the effort.
It is very difficult not only for his friends and family but for the person himself to be absolutely sure about the depth of his motivation. A doctor treating an overweight patient has to assume that the desire to reduce is genuine and will try to reinforce it whenever he can. However, if a patient has made a number of attempts to lose weight over a period of years and has either been unable to reduce to any significant degree, or has become overweight again after reducing it is probably safe to assume that the emotional desire is absent or that there are emotional conflicts that stand in the way.
It is very possible that such person could be harmed psychologically by losing weight, since he might need to be over weight for some deep seated reason. This can be true for both the children and adults. Occasionally it is possible for a psychiatrist or psychologist to help the patient remove a psychological block, and then weight reduction can occur if the calorie balance is straightened out.
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