Obesity In America

Over the past few years obesity has become one of the biggest concerns in America. Obesity is a really serious problem caused by many different reasons which can lead to death but there is always a solution. Society has become less active and more likely to be sedimentary which have cause the lack of healthy life styles in the United States. Statics show that 30.6 percent of Americans suffer from obesity or overweight problems in 2011 (Countries Compared by Health Obesity 1). Obesity can be influence by many factors. One of the biggest factors that infer on people who are overweight or obese is stress. In stressful situation while is at work or in your personal life, people might feel anxiety to consume food. Stress can cause frustration and the feeling of being tired which influence on your daily diet. Usually people who are stressed are more likely to lack of physical activity. Stress can also cause insomnia which leads most people to eat and eat until they feel satisfied. However, the feeling gets every time less satisfying. Another factor is the fact of being lazy. The majority of Americans work on offices, which equals not active jobs. These people spend most of their time sitting and probably their nutrition is not healthy enough nor their exercise routine.

People who are in the middle and lower class are less likely to buy healthy products for their daily meals. Organic products are more expensive than non- natural products. Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) food is more available to the consumers since is a lot cheaper. However, is really unhealthy and as the years go by the internal organs start to decay and present health problems such as cancer and Alzheimer disease (Stonebrook 4). Depression tends to make people consume unhealthy food such as fast food. Fast food is very unhealthy because it does not give the body the protein and vitamins this needs. It also decreases the strength and endurance of the