” I swore that, in the way that medicine was here for me when nothing else was, I would be there for every person who was in pain who thought they had nothing, too.”
This was my spontaneous answer when asked, “Why did you want to be a doctor?” After a few years, I think this is my best answer.
Study finds overweight teens who are satisfied with their bodies are less depressed, less prone to unhealthy behaviors
A study to be published in the June 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health looking at the relationships between body satisfaction and healthy psychological functioning in overweight adolescents has found that young women who are happy with the size and shape of their bodies report higher levels of self-esteem. They may also be protected against the negative behavioral and psychological factors sometimes associated with being overweight.
