While doing some research for a couple of term papers recently, I came across an article about obesity in the United States. This is not what I was originally going to write about, but it prompted me to make a change in my topic. The subject has such a huge impact on me, as most of the people in my family, including myself, are obese.

It is really hard for someone to admit that they have this problem and I knew it was going to be really tough write a termpaper on the subject, but it needs to be done. I think that people are more and more aware that this is an increasing problem, but many people do not understand that it is a disease and even more do not know what can be done about it.

I spent hours upon hours in the library, reading other peoples research papers on the subject. Some were really good and some were not so good. I knew that I wanted mine to make an impact on people. I wanted it to be small step in understanding that obesity can be genetic and we are not all gluttons and pigs that have made ourselves look like this.

I am not sure that anyone other than my professor will ever read the paper, but I am not sorry I wrote it. I learned a lot about myself and who I am and for that I will always be thankful.