In an online article entitled “What is Healthy Eating and a Good Diet?” by Professor Daniela Jakubowicz, Jakubowicz stated that healthy eating means consuming the right quantities of foods from not one, but all of the food groups. Nutritionists say there are five main food groups: whole grains, fruit and vegetables, protein, diary, and fat and sugar. A good diet is a very nutritional lifestyle that promotes good health in an individual. But the fact that the obesity epidemic rate is increasingly growing in the United States, in both adults and children, we can see that not all individuals are living a healthy lifestyle. But what exactly is obesity? According to the Webster dictionary, obesity is defined as “a condition characterized by the excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body.” The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says that “more than one-third of the United States adults are obese, and that adolescent’s obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in children in the past 30 years.” Obesity sometimes affects some races more than they do others. Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest age-adjusted rates of obesity (47.8%), followed by Hispanics …show more content…
What they don’t know is that every extra hour of TV or just sitting around is associated with the consumption of 167 calories. When all a child wants to do is lay around and be lazy it’s up to the parent to step in and put their foot down and tell that child what they need to do. But even though that parent is responsible for that child, the child is just as liable for their health issues and obesity problems as the fast food industry and their parents are. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention said “parents and children can both prevent obesity by living a healthy lifestyle and by eating healthy and getting a lot of physical
Obesity is one of the most major public health challenges in the world today. Obesity means that a person who is obese has a lot of body fat that might have a negative effect on their health. Some signs that might consider you as obese are your body weight. If your body weight is 25% high then it should be then yes you are considered obese. Obesity in United States has caused over 112,000 deaths that could have been prevented. Obese citizens all over the world are at high risk for multiple health issues such as high blood pressure, heart diseases, Type 2 diabetes, and High cholesterol, some type of cancer, Hypertension, and Cardio vascular disease. In the United States highest concern with obesity is the health risk within obese adults. In comparison to United States, Mexico shares the same problems. Mexico has more obese adults then America does. One of the main results of these issues in Mexico contains such behaviors with in society as a whole by drinking soda and eating snack foods.
Some may know that obesity can be caused simply by unhealthy eating habits, lack of exercise, and other factors. One other factor that I found was it can also be a genetic factor as well(WebMD 2016). Which I noticed leads only back to the parents.I don 't find it acceptable for parents that think the easy way out by buying fast food and look the other way because little do they know it is one step closer to obesity. It 's almost like they were in denial because they aren 't letting their children starve but is your child consuming the right nutrition that she or he need? They are not only children who are in need of proteins, vitamins, and grains to grow into their mature bodies. As well, the role of parenting has the abilities and control to avoid future
Obesity in America is a very serious problem affecting many Americans currently and is a problem that continues to grow each year. “Over the past 40 years, the prevalence of obesity has more than doubled in the United States” (Wimalawansa). This issue is known to many but believed not be an issue to care much about but this is not true. Obesity in America affects everyone regardless if they are obese or not. In order to resolve the problem, we can slaughter all the adults that are currently obese in America.
Over 60 million people are obese in the world today. The socioeconomic statuses of the Americans play a major part in the obesity rates across the country. People with higher incomes are less likely to be obese than people with lower incomes. One in every seven preschool-aged children living in lower income areas are obese (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). A 2008 study showed that obesity is highest among American Indian and Alaska Native (21.2 percent) and Hispanic Americans (18.5 percent) children, and it is lowest among white (12.6 percent), Asian or Pacific Islander (12.3 percent), and black (11.8 percent) children (Get America Fit).
The American Medical Association (AMA) has declared obesity a disease. Obesity means that an individual has too much body weight that could possibly cause a health risk. Having a body-mass index (BMI) of 35 or higher makes an individual morbidly obese. A healthy BMI would be from 20 to 24.9. The United States has one of the highest obesity rates in the world with an estimated of 36% of American adults suffering from it. It is important to not label obesity as a disease because it leads 78 million adults and 12 million children in America into feeling helpless, and takes them away from believing it’s importance as a condition that is the result of eating too much and living sedentary lifestyles.
Obesity is defined by Webster’s dictionary as increase body weight due to excessive accumulation of body fat. It is a condition or disease in which the “the natural energy reserve of humans or mammals, which is stored in fat tissue, is expanded far beyond usual levels to the point where it impairs health.” Obesity is most often measured by using the BMI (body mass index). BMI is calculated by dividing the weight in kilograms by the height squared in meters. A desirable BMI for children to sustain a healthy life is between 18.5 and 25. A child with a BMI over 25.0 kg/m 2 is considered overweight. A BMI over 30.0kg/m 2 is considered obese, and a BMI over 40 is morbid obesity. “An estimated 80% of overweight adolescents continue to be obese into adulthood, so the implications of childhood obesity on the nation’s health are huge”. (Survey on childhood obesity, 2014). Obesity is a chronic condition that develops as a result of genetic, behavioral and environmental factors.
It is a sad one. People of all races and backgrounds are obese. In a recent survey done at Henry Ford College, 43 percent of students were overweight. Whether it is because they do not follow a healthy diet or because they inherited it from their parents. Being overweight is correlated with lack of exercise or physical activity and not watching what is on the plate.
It is apparent that living an unhealthy lifestyle, as well as eating poorly, negatively affects one’s health. From a young age it is quickly learned which foods are considered healthful as opposed to junk food. It is a parents responsibility to supervise the intake of their child's food, however there is a higher risk than ever before of childhood obesity.
The healthcare community defines obesity as being 20 percent or more over a person?s ideal body weight, which is based on their height (?U.S. Health Professionals?? np). Usually this is 100 pounds or more over their ideal body weight. Researchers found that the two main causes of obesity are the overabundance of food and people?s sedentary lifestyles (?U.S. Health Professionals?? np). Other causes include genetics, lifestyle choices and environmental factors. These alarming statistics have prompted many to seek a solution for a problem that is clearly not going to go away by itself.
Obesity in the United States continues growing alarmingly. Approximately 66 % of adults and 33 % of children and teenagers in the US are overweight. Obesity is the result of fat accumulated over time due to the lack of a balanced diet and exercise. An adult with a BMI (body mass index) higher than thirty percent is considered obese (Whitney & Rolfes, 2011, pg. 271).
A lot of children are overweight and obese too, unfortunately. Childhood obesity is especially sad because, for the most part, the parents are at fault. The child, especially when they’re young, have no control over what they eat and couldn’t try to be healthy, even if they wanted to. “In 2013, 42 million children under the age of 5 were overweight of obese.” (Obesity and
I personal know this because I am consider obese as well. I am learning to live a healthier lifestyle now while I’m young so that I can lower my risk of cancers and diseases associated with obesity to live longer for my son. Obesity is a health epidemic that is affecting all of us, all around the world, especially the state of Mississippi. In the state of Mississippi, it is ranked second in the nation. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems(Wikipedia 2015). People are considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person's weight by the square of the person's height, exceeds 30 kg/m2(Wikipedia 2015). Obesity is an important topic to research because our health is at risk for many diseases and health related problems as well as our children. As a whole, understanding the causes and history behind this disease can guide us to treatment and prevention for all of
Parents have always known about obesity and what the affects obesity has on people. Although parents have known about this preventable disease, they are just now becoming more aware about what is happening to their own children. Now they want to start pointing fingers as to why these young children are becoming obese; nobody wants to take the blame for putting these young lives at risk. “Greenbalt states in his article that obesity is becoming an epidemic that there is about 300,000 children each year that die because they are overweight....
Parents are not teaching children how to eat healthy. They feed them cheeseburgers, chicken fingers, and fries. Kids are not being exposed to a regular diet of health fruits and vegetables. Now some people are just naturally overweight, but being “overweight” is not the same as being “obese.” Someone who is overweight has reached a maximum weight limit for their height. When someone goes beyond this maximum limit, then they are considered “obese” (Kiess 1). Research shows that “obesity is generally defined as the abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat in adipose tissue” (Kiess 1). The increase in childhood obesity today is mainly the fault of the parent because they are unable to tell their children “no” when it comes to junk food (Kiess 104). Parents are the one buying all the food that comes into the house. They are the ones buying the sugary drinks and chips. They are the ones allowing the children to “have what they want.” Because parents are not teaching their children how to eat healthy, we will continue to see childhood obesity increase. Unfortunately, overweight children will be the ones who suffer because statistics show children who are overweight are more likely to become obes...
That’s 34.9 percent or 78.6 million people. There are so many health risks of being obesity and the estimated annual medical cost of being obese in the U.S. is 147 billion dollars in 2008. People who are obese on average were 1,429 dollars higher than people who were not. “Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest age adjusted reats of obesity at 47.8 percent followed by Hispanic 42.5 percent, non-Hispanic whites at 32.6 percent, and non-Hispanic Asians at 10.8 percent.” “Obesity is higher among middle age adults, 40-59 year olds at 39.5 percent than among younger adults, age 20-39 at 30.3 percent, or adults over 60 or above at 35.4 percent.” Other things like if the non-Hispanic black and Mexican American men have higher incomes are more likely to be obese then those of lower income. Higher income women are less likely to be obese then low income women. When it comes to education among men there are not any relationship between being obese and not. When women have college degrees they are less likely to be obese compared to the women who are less