Reasons behind Obesity in the United States of America

Reasons behind obesity in the United States of America

United States of America is one of the most leading obese countries in the world, and the reasons are fairly understandable. We can observe that on our own. We have fast food chains on every block, where the foods are very cheap and unhealthy. Besides, we have more and more technology to make our lives easier. Hence people are getting lazier. All these factors involve weight gain in our country. People are getting fat and fatter day-by-day causing them more illness. Today, an estimated one in three Americans are obese (Parker-Pope). If the obesity rates keeps on going high some day we might face more difficulties such as decrease of healthy lifestyles , increase in cardiovascular diseases and perhaps birth of new diseases.

Obesity is a social issue in the United States that has been increasing in these recent years. It has become a serious issue since it has and is ruining many lives. If the numbers keep going up, “more people will get sick and die from the complications of obesity, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer” (Grady). Hence the causes should be examined and steps should be taken to eradicate this problem.

One cause of the problem is the environmental forces. Economic welfares of the food and beverage industries and the way our cities and towns are built, have combined to destabilize the body’s natural ability to match calories in with calories out (Brody). Industries have progressed so much that most of our foods are ready made. Also as said by Steven L. Gortmaker, a sociologist at the Harvard School of Public Health “Women were spending a lot less time on food preparation, but the industry figured out ways to make food more readily available for ...

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...er because it involves more walking (Grady).

Obesity is a social problem in the United States because it has caused people to suffer. People who are obese or are in a way to obesity are distress from diseases like diabetes. The causes behind it is the increasing amount of technologies, advertisements, and overall the developing cities. United States is a developing country with access amount of technologies that has made the work force lazy and as a result fat.

Works Cited

Brody, Jane E. “ Attacking the Obesity Epidemic by First Figuring Out Its Cause.” New York Times online September 12, 2011. May 2,2014.

Grady, Denise. “Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials.” New York times August 3, 2010. May 2, 2014.

Parker-Pope, Tara. “Workplace Cited as a New Source of Rise in Obesity.” New York Times May 26, 2011. May 2, 2014.