The Battle Against 'Body Shaming'

The battle against body shaming.

- Shreya Sethuraman

  

She was the only member of her family who tested positive on a test conducted at a health camp in November 2011. Rhema Mukti Baxter was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, a condition where the thyroid gland does not make enough of the hormone. If one doesn’t have enough one’s body processes slow down, which results in less energy, and one become sluggish. To overcome this, Baxter’s doctor prescribed a pretty strong dose of the hormone. A former student of Delhi Indraprastha College for Women, she gradually began to gain weight. People who have hypothyroidism need to exercise twice as hard, given their low metabolic rate. As she had always been slim the gradual and stubborn weight gain hit her hard.