Growing up I have always been fascinated with living a healthy lifestyle. Everyone chooses to live in different ways. Which can be because of many reasons. In wanting to learn more about the different ways of life, I have completed research to further explore. Throughout this paper I will discuss different factors of obesity. Overeating is not the only factor of obesity, there are many other contributing factors that can cause it.
A person who has an excessive amount of body fat can be considered to be obese. Having a BMI of at least thirty can also be characterized as being obese (“Causes and”). Therefore, if a person a BMI under thirty, then he would not be considered to be obese.
Obesity can affect anyone in the world at any age. It does not matter if you are young or old, it can still affect you. Obesity is not something that just happens overnight, it takes a long time for it to happen. In the United States there are alot of people that are becoming obese. “In the United States, more than 65% of adults are overweight” (Mitchell). The amount of people that are obese should be lower. This number has even risen over the last several years. It is harder for an adult to lose weight because their body is more developed unlike a child. Some people get discouraged because they do not see results, so they stop trying. Certain people are starting to think that this is an epidemic since the numbers are rising every year. “In fact, it is one of the leading causes of preventable illness and death in the United States” (Mitchell). Not many illnesses are preventable. Since it is preventable people should do whatever they can to stop it from happening.
One of the biggest factors that causes obesity is genetics. Everyone's genes are ...
... middle of paper ...
...esh can be expensive. People might always buy junk food and not healthy food because of its price.
Social and economic issues can make you obese. It can all depend on something little like who you hang out with and where you live. People make decisions that can be from their surrounding environment or the community in which they live in. “For example, a person may choose not to walk to the store or to work because of a lack of sidewalks” (“Causes and”). If there are not many places to walk in a person’s neighborhood, then they probably are not gonna try very hard to walk. By having sidewalks around a person’s house they are more likely to get outside and walk. When communities have parks it can give a person a chance to get out and walk. It can be really important to make surrounding look nice and have places for people to become physically active.
Obesity is a huge problem that needs to be resolved because it affects all people, unlike most issues. People of every gender, every age, and every race are at risk of being obese. Obesity rates in America have nearly doubled within the last twenty years. Something must be done not only to prevent obesity rates continuous rising, but also to dramatically increase the percentage of obese people in America altogether.
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduce life expectancy and/or increased health problems. Obesity has been a health problem ever since infectious disease had began in the first half of the 20th Century. The person with obesity is not the only person who is affected by their disease. In the case of childhood obesity, It can affect the parents because they might be the cause of the child’s issues. It can also lead to many different health problems such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and respiratory problems, and it can also even lead to death. Obesity has affected the world in many ways: task forces have been formed to address the issue, people are suffering from health problems due to obesity, and others suffer psychological and social issues.
...r height in metres, a healthy BMI for an adult is 18.5 to 25 and if you are classed as obese, your BMI is 30 or more. (Astrup 2009)
Obesity is a very complex condition as there are many physiological and psychological dimensions to it. The complications accompanying the disease are multiple and are associated with the increased risk of many other medical conditions. It is thought that we live in an obesogenic environment due to an interaction of environmental, developmental and cultural influences. With the main cause of the disorder thought to be due to a combination of a sedentary lifestyle accompanied by an increased consumption of poor quality food with a high calorie and sugar content. The lack of energy expenditure could be explained by many individuals working a large number of hours, most days of the week in jobs that require minimal physical activity and it is often difficult to accomplish the recommended ...
According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services there have been a notably large number of deaths due to obesity since it leads into other diseases like heart disease, type two diabetes and high blood pressure. Over weight and obese people in general
adults are obese. Additionally, the leading cause of death in the United States is heart disease, which is more often than not tied back to obesity and all of its factors. Knowing the causes of obesity is important to conclude whose responsibility is what. Some of the causes are related to genetics, overeating, people’s diets, and how frequent people eat. Some others are lack of physical activity, lack of necessary medication, and use of certain medication. Obesity can also be caused by psychological factors and social issues. Social issues can be anything from lack of money to purchase health foods to lack of safe places to walk or exercise. All of these causes are what makes it difficult to put the blame on a single
According to the USDA, at the start of century 21st American people have increased their daily caloric intake by consuming five hundred calories more than in 1970. As cited by Whitney & Rolfes (2011), there are many recognized causes of obesity such as genetics, environment, culture, socioeconomic, and metabolism among others; but the cause most evident is that food intake is higher than the calories burned in physical activity. Excess of energy from food is stored in the body as fat causing an increase of weight. During the course of the last 40 years, obesity has grown enormously in the United States and the rates remain on the rise (pgs. 272-273).
6. Puska P., Nishida C., (2003) Obesity and Over weight. Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. World Health Organization.
Americans are becoming more obese due to the challenges of the economy because healthy food is overpriced, fast food restaurants at every corner, and not enough motivation to exercise. If we are going to make a change, we need to take baby steps. A healthy world is a happy world.
Health is described as physical and mental well-being and freedom from disease, pain or defect. However, such descriptions only superficially define the actual meaning of health. There may be many occasions when individuals are not necessarily ill or in pain but may be overweight, stressed or emotionally unstable. Health is a quality of life involving dynamic interaction and interdependence among the individual’s physical state, their mental and emotional reactions, and the social context in which the individual exists. There are many factors that influence your health, but three major components contribute to general well-being: Self-awareness, a balanced diet and, regular physical activity.
This chapter gives various social and biological reasons for the growing world-wide health concern of obesity. Name them and views - why is the reality of weight for most people so far from the cultural or societal ideal?
We all know how hard life can be. But obese people will have a even harder life compared to people who are not obese. The reason why obese people will have harder life is due to the fact obesity takes a heavy toll on a person finances, physical health, and mental health. People who are obese tend to spend more money compared to people who are not. This could be due extra doctor visits or a higher budget for food. Whatever the reason is people who are obese spend more money compared to people who are not obese. People who are obese are also at risk at having serious health risk. This is due to the disease that can occur from being obese. Disease like high blood pressure, heart failure, and even death are common effect of being obese. This is due to the fact obesity weakens the body and allows more serious disease into the body. Also obesity can play a negative role on the mental health of person, by giving them anxiety about their looks. Or by causing them a loss of self-confidences. With these three condition being effected by obesity will cause an induvial to have
According to the Center for Chronic Disease Prevention, every one in three Americans is considered to be obese. An individual is considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) level of thirty or greater. The BMI level measures one’s body weight while taking into consideration height. Obesity is a condition of having excess body fat. Due to vegetarians consuming less fat in their diet, body fat, and BMI levels, are generally lower.
Obesity and overweight have became a global problem in the last decade, according to the World Health Organization back in 2005 approximately 1.6 billion adults over the of age 15 were overweight, at least 400 million adults were obese and at least 20 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight. Experts believe if the current trends continue by 2015 approximately 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese. The scale of the obesity problem has a number of serious consequences for individuals and government health systems. Obesity is a concern because of its implications for the health of an individual as it increases the risk of many diseases and health conditions. Being obese means having so much body fat that your health is in danger. However, being fat is simply not an opinion. Having too much body fat can lead to many diseases. Obesity and overweight have become a global problem in the last decade.
Obesity occurs in all countries and it is one of the gravest problems in modern society. Obesity problems have become one matter of concern for individuals all around the world. What is more is that Obesity rates continue to rise all around the world. One of the chief causes is unhealthy diets. Obesity is also due to lack of exercise and lack of education and awareness. Therefore obesity has various effects including the risk of suffering from a range of health conditions, increased expenditure on health care and lack of self-esteem.