Roberta Seid is a professor at the University of Southern California. Seid took into account the findings and opinions of several doctors and professionals on this topic. These findings may have influenced his opinion. He furthers his views by saying that exercise and other types of personal healthcare are turning into a kind of religion. Seid details his disdain for people's overestimation of the shape of the human body when he says that people are "caught up in a web of peculiar and distorted beliefs about beauty, health, virtue, food, and appetite." (Seid 168). Seid recalls the 12th century, an era synonymous with the dawn of beauty. She states that during this time being thin was perceived as a negative thing. Society's views on what is good and what is bad change over time. Seid seeks a world where everyone is happy with their body, because today's judgment begins to destroy trust