It is a well documented fact that people who are overweight or obese are more poorly treated in society than those who are thinner. In particular, people who are overweight or obese often feel as though they’re being told that their bodies are inadequate or ugly and thus develop any number of psychological problems [...]

1. What defines being obese or overweight?
Doctors define being obese as being more than 20% over the expected and healthy weight. This, of course, needs to be adjusted for people who have great amounts of muscle (which weighs a great deal), though people whose muscle puts them over the obese mark are less common [...]