Obesity and Heart Related Disease in America

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Do you know what’s the number one cause of death in America? Well the number one cause of death is heart related diseases. Many of these heart related diseases are caused by obesity. Obesity is “the condition of being grossly fat or overweight.” It is not just being thick boned, or even hereditary. Obesity has become a growing epidemic around the world! A very colossal problem here in the untied states of America; What is sad is that it is a disease one has caused due to their own choice of life style.
Obesity has caused great dilemma in America. It was known as an adult disease. “Over two thirds of adults are over weight or obese.”(Obesity, Jerry R Ballenttne) these numbers are increasing rapidly. Obesity is not just a appearance regard, but a chronic medical disease that can lead to many other diseases; Many diseases such as insulin resistance, gallstones, congestive heart failure, even cancer. Even the most common diseases now in days which are type two diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack and strokes. All caused from “obesity”.
Obesity has many bad effects in our economy and to ones self. Obesity has manly-targeted minority ethic backgrounds. In the city survey “ obesity rates are 14 percent for Asians, 16 percent for whites, 23 percent for blacks, 31 percent for all Hispanics.” As you can see mostly blacks and Hispanics have a higher rate of obesity. It is due to over eating, mostly fast food/ processed foods. Most minorities, that all they could afford, plus its fast and convenient you could find it all over. You turn left bam mc Donald’s; you go up an avenue burger king. Plus these intersperses target communities where they know minorities are around. For instance if you go to 5th avenue and 54t...

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...et, or even being active for 30 minutes.Trying to fight this epidemic could start with you! “This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” Neil Armstron

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