Obesity: A Blame Game

Obesity has become an epidemic that has evaded the proper public informing. It is a lifestyle choice not a disease. It has become a huge issue in America and is one of the most difficult public health problems the United States has ever faced. It is unlike any classic disease or plague that is caused by a deadly viruses or bacteria chain. It cannot simply be treated by a vaccine and there are not many promising medical treatments that have become known to the public that can help deal with this issue. While it is blamed on genetics in most part or other health problems it seems that obesity will never be faced or stepped up to as a general problem because it is something that can be prevented, with motivation people can control what they decide to put into their mouths and when they should get up and exercise. Though society has made it a point to make obesity seem like a social norm, it is plaguing people with an unhealthy lifestyle ideal. It is not a disease or a deadly plague, but mainly just a public health problem being labeled as a deadly epidemic that can be the cause of many other health issues such as diabetes, heart disease, and kidney failure. If these are not reasons enoguht to change an unhealthy lifestyle choice, what is?

South Park is a show that has brought a, sarcastic twist to political and social topics that happen in everyday life. In the episode titled "Raising the Bar," they shine a light on the cosmic epidemic of obesity and how it has become a social norm and is now be excepted as just "human nature," if you will. In the episode reality tv is also given some limelight, such as the tv series of Here comes Honey Boo Boo, which features and overweight todler and her over weight family who not only are olay wit...

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