Fat now equals dumb?

A recent study on obesity was conducted at UT Austin discussed in the artice UT Study: Obese girls less likely to attend college. In this article is the sad conclusion that being a fat girl results in less education. This is a sad implication for girls and women everywhere. If you are less educated then you are most likely earning a lower salary at a lower status job and are therefore prone to money problems, which often augment relationship and life problems as well. Everyone is aware of the amount of judgment that occurs simply based on appearance. The joke has always been that when talking about a girl if a description took the form of "she has a great personality" or "she's a great girl to talk to" these meant that she was overweight or unattractive. On the plus side of these comments was the impression that there was an intellectual side to these girls. With the results of this study this proves to be the exact opposite. Hopefully this study will be an awakening moment for some girls who struggle with self confidence and are determined to prove this study wrong, but unfortunately my fear is that this study will simply discourage many of those girls who are already on the road to this life style. In my opinion simply revealing these findings should be a jump-starting point for government to step in. I know that at least at my elementary, middle, and high school (and I’m sure many others) pizza, nachos, cookies, soda, and several other unhealthy foods overwhelmed the cafeterias and lunch lines. I understand that soda and fast food companies would be loosing out as well as the schools themselves who would be loosing great amounts of profits from these fattening sales, but does profit need to come before the well being of the students they are educating? Starting young is where the problem needs to be corrected because the trend of this study cannot continue without serious social consequences in the near future. America is obese and something needs curb this trend.