Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death. Even though its avoidable millions of children and adults are still dying from it. Documentation of obesity didn’t start to surface until the early 1600’s. Many americans have been affected by obesity , which is a health condition that has been characterized by health officials as an epidemic (obesity rates in the U.S) Obesity is a highly contentious issue that is caused by excess body fat that has assembled to the area that it may have a negative effect on health. The government can also stop the world from being obese by closing all fast food restaurants. Globally , there are more than 1 billion overweight adults , at least 300 million of them are obese. Obesity can be prevented by less …show more content…
Diabetes greatly rises the risk of heart disease and stroke.This is estimated to be one of the top ten main causes of death in developed nations. The trend is most clearly seen in the U.S . childhood obesity has approximately reached 15% . It is parents not McDonalds that deserve to be blamed for childhood obesity. The eat less move more precription has been widely circulated for 40 years. Yet the currency of obesity or the gathering of unhealthy amounts of body fat has reached unpredictable levels. Malnutrition also isn’t a healthy lifestyle , This also causes you to be obese. You should only eat when you’re hungry not bored , tired or , feeling depressed. Food doesn’t solve any problems. People may think when you starve yourself you will lose weight but it only makes you fatter because your body doesn't have the nutrients it needs to run properly. Your body must have nutrients to keep you up and active.America is the fattest country.Today more than one third of americans are considered obese. A gastric balloon may assist some with weight loss , or surgery may be performed to reduce stomach volume and/or bowel length ,leading to feeling full …show more content…
Who else is there to blame for your own personal problems? Two girls in new york were suing mcDonalds because they claimed the food had made them overweight. A representative for the fast food chain contended that Mcdonald's food could not be linked to the girls obesity and was , in fact Healthy / Nutritious .The rsult was Spurlocks 2004 documentary , “Super Size Me” in which he embarked ona thirty-day diet consisting exclusively of McDonalds food.At the en of the thirty days Spurlock concluded that McDonalds food was far from healthy and nutritious. He had gained 25 Punds and was suffering from a number of serious obesity related health problems . McDonalds has been widely blamed as one of the causes of obesity . This proves that it is only your fault and nobody else's for you being obese . Nobody made them eat McDonalds. A persons weight is sometimes blamed on genetics. Genes are important in determining a person's susceptibility , to weight gain and energy balance. Overeating is an addiction that only one person can stop . People who are lazy might say that dieting or exercise done work or cure obesity. How will you know if you don’t see what its like ? Mood disorders are another blame for obesity . Simply saying when you’re feeling a certain way you tend to overeat way more than you usually would. There’s no justification for criticizing the food , Ultimately a person can only blame themselves for their
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.
In order to impede the epidemic of childhood obesity, the actual causes of the problem need to be evaluated and dissected. Obesity in children is becoming a huge problem in American society. In the past three decades, the rate of overweight children has increased by 300%. This is an alarming rate that is only climbing higher. Every member in society should take steps to becoming healthier. This would help the present generations as well as future generations to come. The lifestyle of Americans keeps us too busy to be a healthy society.
There is no doubt that obesity has taken its seat as one of the top disease that strikes the world today. In America, obesity has now spread through the country leaving 2 out of 3 adults either overweight or obese, and worldwide 1.5 billion are overweight or obese (Overweight). The cause of this disease stems from multiple reasons such as the increase in modern food production, putting out ample amounts of food causing the prices for meat, groceries, and especially junk food to plummet. Subsequently, Americans especially were more inclined to purchase more food and showed an increase in the average American house hold food intake by 1,000 more calories a day (Dreifus).
Today, 78.1 million American adults and 12.5 million children are obese. Obesity in America is a unstoppable epidemic. Since the 1960s, the number of obese adults have doubled and the number of obese children have tripled. Because of America’s obesity problems, Surgeon General David Satcher issued a report saying; "The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight," said that obesity "have reached epidemic proportions" in America. Obesity in America has no doubt reached epidemic proportions. Since 2001, America has been the most obese country in the world. This essay discusses what obesity is and how it is affecting today’s America by answers the following questions:
Obesity has increased rapidly throughout the years, especially in the United States. As of today, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third of adults in the U.S are considered to be obese. We all know that obesity is becoming a serious issue in the lives Americans. The effects of obesity can lead to heart disease, diabetes, and in serious cases, death. So the question we can all ask is, “What is the cause?” The cause of obesity can come from, but is not limited to, some of these things: eating habits, lack of exercise, or a medical condition.
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).
Childhood obesity has already reduced the average life expectancy between four and nine months. “[T]oday’s generation will have shorter and less healthy lives than their parents for the first time in modern history,” warned S. Jay Olshansky, the University of Illinois researcher and author of the study (1). In 2004, the US Center for Disease Control found that at least 66% of adults were overweight or obese—double the percentage in 1980—and that more than 1/6 th of kids ages 2-19 were overweight. Type II diabetes, usually caused by an unhealthy lifestyle rather than genetics, has increased as a side effect of obesity and heart disease is also on the rise. In short, obesity is a national epidemic.
Childhood obesity is a serious problem among American children. Some doctors are even calling childhood obesity an epidemic because of the large percentage of children being diagnosed each year as either overweight or obese. “According to DASH sixteen to thirty-three percent of American children each year is being told they are obese.” (Childhood Obesity) There is only a small percentage, approximately one percent, of those children who are obese due to physical or health related issues; although, a condition that is this serious, like obesity, could have been prevented. With close monitoring and choosing a healthier lifestyle there would be no reason to have such a high obesity rate in the United States (Caryn). Unfortunately, for these children that are now considered to be obese, they could possibly be facing some serious health conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancers. All of these diseases have been linked to obesity through research. These children never asked for this to happen to them; however, it has happened, and now they will either live their entire life being obese, or they will be forced to reverse what has already been done (Childhood Obesity).
Obesity is a growing epidemic. There are many things around us that contribute to both childhood obesity and adult obesity. First, I will discuss how obesity has had an effect on me personally. Secondly, I will talk about what one contributing factor of childhood obesity is and two recommended preventative measures related to the contributing factor that people can take in order to reduce the chance of obesity. Lastly, I will discuss one sociological theory that relates to the contributing factor to obesity mentioned previously.
The leading cause of deaths in America isn’t guns, opioids, or even cancer. Obesity takes the lives of more than 300,000 Americans every year. Today, people scrutinize politicians for not creating laws to protect their citizens. The media chooses to focus on lives being lost from guns, drugs and other politically charged topics, dangerous issues within themselves, but except for First Lady Michelle Obama’s plan to reduce childhood obesity, no government initiatives have been made to deal with obesity. During her 2016 campaign, Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton promised to increase both background checks on guns, and the federal minimum wage, passing immigration reform, and fighting for equal pay. While Republican Nominee and current President
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...
Obesity is a serious condition that has generated a discussion on whether or not to be classified as a disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity is the body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, which is calculated based on the person’s height and weight. For years, our society has been facing the obesity challenge, which can be extremely costly once it leads to several diseases. Thus, because of the constant increase of percentage of people with obesity, the American Medical Association (AMA) proposed in June 18, 2013 to classify obesity as a disease. Their argument was that obesity increases the risks of countless health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension etc. Moreover, it increases morbidity and mortality. By considering obesity as a disease, their aim was to maximize researches and funding, which will focus on obesity from different medical and health approach levels. Their idea of classifying obesity as a disease was in accordance with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s declaration of 1995. The institute declared, “ Obesity is a complex multifactorial chronic disease developing from multiple interactive influences of numerous factors.” In 2012, the CDC data showed 34.9% of adults obese and 17% of obese children. These numbers are very alarming especially since the struggle to deter certain factors contributing into this condition is still a challenge. Among the struggles, there are the people’s rights versus health regulations to keep them as healthy as possible like the former mayor Bloomberg regulation on soft drinks size cut. During CNN’s show GPS of Sunday 2, 2014, the host Zacharia...
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.