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Emily Struggles with Obesity
the bathroom, Emily was crying.
“Why are they making fun of me?” she shouted at
me while sobbing.
“I don’t know,” I answered her and gave her a
warm hug.
After that horrible day, Emily still got tormented
by the children in our class and the wider school.
She wore big clothes to school so nobody could
see how fat she really was. Some afternoons, I
usually went by Emily’s house to do my
homework. She usually had a lot of chips,
cupcakes and sodas for us to snack on. I usually
got tired of eating and stopped but Emily ate
nonstop.
“Emily, stop eating!” I cautioned her sternly one
day.
She looked at me with a blank face; then, she
began to cry. I was confused. I thought I was
telling her the right thing. Emily explained to me
that food was the only thing that made her
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