integral part one “self”. Social problems are the root cause for many other problems. Being obese is not anymore a personal problem. It is ripened into a huge social problem. Let’s brush up the problems caused due to Obesity in today’s modern world. This is an age of modern living‚ superior technology‚ luxurious day-to-day‚ exaggerated money and last but not the least trending obesity. Growing number of cases of obesity has made it into a fully grown social problem. Child obesity is a much talked about
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COMPOSITION II MONDAY 14TH‚ JULY 2008 OBESITY AND ITS SOCIAL ISSUES Obesity is a state of (being) overweight; it prevents normal activity or bodily function and will likely cause a serious or life—threatening disorder (“Morbid obesity”). Today‚ obesity seems to be something normal‚ common in America’s society. No one cares about how this disease has developed through history‚ or how much it affects the daily lives of the people who suffer from it. Obesity is not only a health issue. Besides high
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in the social surrounding or workplace‚ in many occasions they are underestimated or mocked or regarded as subject of common apathy for either their physical ineptitude in performing duties or their incoherent‚ awe inspiring physical shape. In many organizations all over the world there are strict behavioral codes for the purpose of accommodating obese people with more compassion which definitely indicates to the social issues concerning them. One of the major disadvantages of obesity is that
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The Psychological Effects of Childhood Obesity Abstract While sitting at a mall‚ a person may notice the different sizes of people walking by. Generally speaking there are really tall people‚ short people‚ some with small waists and others with large waist. There are small children and large children. The children are what we will be focusing on throughout this paper. One of the growing problems in the United States is childhood obesity. What is the cause
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The Psychological Effects of Childhood Obesity Leah McGrath ENG122: English Composition II Prof. Jonathan Berohn September 2‚ 2012 In recent years there have been more and more studies looking into the rise in childhood obesity. According to data released by the Centers for Disease Controle and Prevention in 2006 “Globally‚ 22 million children under the age of 5 years are overweight.” (Cornette‚ 2008) There are many ways to determine obesity in a child however for the purposes of this paper
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The Constructionist Perspective of Obesity Social Problems Abstract In this paper I will explore the social construction of obesity and how it formed into a social problem. Recent and growing media attention surrounding obesity in the United States‚ the so-called obesity epidemic remains a highly debated scientific and social fact. This paper examines the contemporary obesity debate through systematic examination of the claims and claim-makers involved in the controversy. I will not take
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CAUSE AND EFFECT ESSAY ON OBESITY We say one is obese when his body fat is accumulated abnormally within the body usually‚ 20% or more over an individual’s ideal body weight. The most commonly used modification‚ established categorizes obesity into three (WHO‚ 2000). Like any other problem‚ obesity has its causes and effects. Some of the causes include‚ diet (unbalanced diet)‚ environment‚ as well as genes and family history. On the other hand‚ the effects can be categorized into three namely;
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Childhood Obesity: Cause and Effect December 3‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity Gone are the days of children playing hide and seek outside‚ walking long distances to and from school‚ walking to a friend’s house to play on the weekends and walking to the bus stop to go to mall with friends and in essence exerting physically. It is rare to find a child carrying a sack lunch to school which would include a healthy lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches‚ an apple and perhaps a cookie or chips
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INTRODUCTION Obesity is a growing epidemic and effects both physical and psychological health. With many of these factors attributed to my own personal life‚ I chose this topic to further my knowledge in the efforts being made to treat the psychological side of obesity and overweight individuals. Through my own experiences‚ I have found that depending on your own self-esteem and body image perception‚ you can overcome society stigma ’s related to being obese and overweight and conquer all that
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An Exploration of the causes and effects of obesity Obesity is excess body fat. It is usually defined by body mass index (BMI) which is individual’s weight (kg) divided by their squares of height (m) (Jebb‚ 2004; Eagle et al‚ 2004). At the same time‚ BMI was classified into four conditions. Firstly‚ when the BMI less than 18.5 kg/㎡is underweight. Secondly‚ 18.5 kg/㎡to less than 25.0 kg/㎡ belong to normal weight. Thirdly‚ overweight is 25.0 kg/㎡to less than 30.0 kg/㎡. Finally‚ exceeding 30.0 kg/㎡
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