The Seriousness of Obesity

Some people can actually be diagnosed with a condition called: obesity. There are some medical professionals out there that say that Obesity qualifies as a disease. Whether obesity is a condition or disease, Obesity is an abnormal high proportion/percent of body fat. A doctor can assess the percentage of body fat simply and easily by measuring body weight in proportion to height, which is the usual way of determining if an individual is overweight, obese, or at normal, healthy weight. A physician/doctor can make a determination if a patient is truly obese by calculating the BMI, which stands for body mass index. The BMI is calculated by dividing the body weight in kilograms by height in meters squared. BMI can be simply calculated using a weight and height table. The main problem with obesity is that it is a sure indicator of possible medical conditions for example diabetes and heart problems. Also, arthritis has been linked to obesity, along with pulmonary conditions that make breathing a problem, which prevents a person from doing active activities. The purpose of the following essay is to look at two articles that pertain first to the causes of obesity, and second pertain to treatment. Both articles deal with the causal links between other diseases and obesity. When it comes to article #2, since it deals with treatment, and not etiology, that article is more linked to OT issues than the first article that addresses causes.

The first article is called “Sugary drinks in the pathogenesis of obesity and cardiovascular diseases” by CM Brown( 2008), links just what it says in the title, sugary drinks in the pathogenesis of obesity and cardiovascular diseases. At first this article explains BMI, wais...

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...ng their life, an early death or risk of contracting a number of serious diseases.

The seriousness of obesity cannot be stressed enough, and so the best article that makes this clear is the Cliff study that attempts to investigate treatment for obesity. What both articles need to stress more is the fact that the American public is often led astray by food ingredient labels that hide sugar and corn syrup additives. F fast food advertising makes it extremely difficult for parents to keep high fat foods away from children. Also, most schools and other venues for children often do not cooperate with the parents plans to feed their children a healthy diet. Last, sitting in front of CRT’s and looking at video games, and basically nowadays accessing all information through the computer leads to a sedentary life style that is not good for adults or children.