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In my personal experience, I see a correlation between obesity and lack of self-discipline and/or low self-esteem. The people in my life that I consider to be short on or lacking any sort of self-discipline in all or most areas of their life (academics, exercise, diet, fiscal responsibility, sexuality) also tend to be the people who clearly could lose some pounds but don't put in the work to do so.