Ashamed of the way they look and feel, they may turn to self-destructive behaviors that exacerbate their negative view of self and the world around them.

Children growing up in consumerist, Western societies are brought up in a culture of cheap conveniences that appease their appetites and starve their cells of living nutrition. Practically every holiday in America is celebrated in the same way: in reverence of candy and junk food. From candy-filled Easter baskets, to 4th of July candy-collecting parades, to birthday cakes – it's all the same. From Halloween trick-or-treating to Thanksgiving gluttony, Christmas cookies to Valentine's Day chocolates: children are trained to trash their bodies and welcome disease.

It's the norm. Parents are pressured to spoil their kids with sugary, processed junk food at every turn. If they don't cave in, they feel like they are depriving their children.