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Childhood obesity can cause a kids mental health to go bad. It is very common for a child to get made fun of by other children because of their weight. The negativity the child is receiving will soon result in a low self esteem, depression, and more.

There are many risk factors to eating disorder, however they are not what cause the disorder but can contribute to developing an eating disorder. Psychological risk factors are low self-esteem, lack of control on life, anxiety, anger, stress. Some social factors to eating disorder are wanting to obtain the "perfect body", the cultures definition of beauty.

I think a huge impact on a person eating habits is how society views people. People are constantly told to look a certain way, do certain things, and it eventually becomes ove whelming. These factors can lead to person having a eating disorder so that they can feel accepted in society.

Until recently, the phrase "anti-bullying" wasn't likely to appear under the radar in a search for "contemporary social justice issues." Only in the last several years has it gained initiative as a proactive movement, with related organizations slowly gaining momentum.