and be dangerous to their health.

　　What should be done about weight­based discrimination？The answer is to call for increasing tolerance and appreciation of diverse body types.

　　This year，before setting about another diet，ask yourself why you want to lose weight.If it is to improve your health，perhaps you should focus on health­increasing behaviours that are more directly linked to health：swear，for example，to get more sleep，eat more fruits and vegetables，get regular physical activity，or spend more time with friends.

　　But if you are trying to change your body to protect against discrimination and shame，consider making a different kind of new year's determination：to stand up to intolerance and prejudice in all its various forms.

A puzzling phenomenon Americans are addicted to weight loss，though their efforts always end in 4. . 5. for Americans' addiction to weight loss •They want to improve their health.

•Higher body mass poses risks to health.

•Americans lose weight primarily to protect against weight­based discrimination. Weight­based discrimination and its 6. •Weight discrimination in the US has increased dramatically in the last decade，and it is quite common,7. with rates of reported racial discrimination.

•Fat people are 8. treated in many ways，stereotyped as lazy，unmotivated，untidy，lacking in competence and unable to 9. themselves.

•Anti­fat prejudice in and of itself has a bad effect on public health.Fear of tease leads many heavier women to avoid exercising in public and to be prevented from social interaction；the fear of becoming fat 10. for women of all sizes developing eating disorders. 11. •Tolerate and 12. diverse body types.

•Focus on health­increasing behaviours if you are to improve your health.

•Make a different kind of determination，if you are to protect against discrimination and shame：to 13. intolerance and prejudices in all its various forms.

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