Global Obesity Epidemic Essay
A GLOBAL OBESITY EPIDEMIC
Introduction
Globalization is instrumental to an overall improvement in the standards and quality of living across most nations all over the world, especially in the ‘western countries’. As a result of the reduction of food prices, the number of people ingesting more calories compared to that of our ancestors is increasing remarkably. Many people have been influenced by westernization and are now taking western diets, which accompany modernization and wealth. Many people around the world have migrated from rural areas to urban areas where they access mechanized means of transportation and modern technology devices, which lead to reduced physical activities. As a lack of enough exercises, many people have gained …show more content…
Despite being associated with many positive outcomes for example, lifting many people out of poverty, hunger and infectious disease reduction and improving living standards; it has negative consequences too. It has led to the spread of obesity and its ailments across many countries in the world. Overweight has overtaken underweight despite the fact that malnutrition persists in many countries. Globalization has facilitated the accumulation of wealth for many nations leading to many people to gain a lot of weight because of sedentary lifestyles. Houston city has topped many times as the fattest city. In 2010, for example, it was reported that 17% of adolescents aged between 15- 18, 29% of adults and 28% of fourth graders in Houston were obese. An area survey conducted by Stephen Klineberg and associates at Rice University indicated that one of the causes of obesity was the availability of affordable food alongside a high level of interest in the locally grown food by people living there. Obesity is by energy imbalance whereby too many calories are in, but only a few are (Davies & Fitzgerald, …show more content…
Bagchi, D 2011, Global perspectives on childhood obesity: Current status, consequences and prevention. Academic, London
Davies, HD & Fitzgerald, HE 2008, Obesity in childhood and adolescence, Praeger, Westport, Conn
Smith, K 2013, Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward without Leaving People Behind. Elsevier Science, Burlington
Yearbook of science and the future, 1975, Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago
Inglis, D & Gimlin, DL 2009, The globalization of food. Berg, Oxford
Lusk, J, Roosen, J & Shogren, JF 2011, The Oxford handbook of the economics of food consumption and policy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Preedy, VR, Watson, RR & Martin, CR 2011, Handbook of behavior, food and nutrition. Springer, New York
Lupton, E, Miller, JA & MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1992, The bathroom, the kitchen, and the aesthetics of waste: A process of elimination. Kiosk, New York, NY
Klimis-Zacas, D 2006, Nutrition 05/06. McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, Dubuque,
Introduction
Globalization is instrumental to an overall improvement in the standards and quality of living across most nations all over the world, especially in the ‘western countries’. As a result of the reduction of food prices, the number of people ingesting more calories compared to that of our ancestors is increasing remarkably. Many people have been influenced by westernization and are now taking western diets, which accompany modernization and wealth. Many people around the world have migrated from rural areas to urban areas where they access mechanized means of transportation and modern technology devices, which lead to reduced physical activities. As a lack of enough exercises, many people have gained …show more content…
Despite being associated with many positive outcomes for example, lifting many people out of poverty, hunger and infectious disease reduction and improving living standards; it has negative consequences too. It has led to the spread of obesity and its ailments across many countries in the world. Overweight has overtaken underweight despite the fact that malnutrition persists in many countries. Globalization has facilitated the accumulation of wealth for many nations leading to many people to gain a lot of weight because of sedentary lifestyles. Houston city has topped many times as the fattest city. In 2010, for example, it was reported that 17% of adolescents aged between 15- 18, 29% of adults and 28% of fourth graders in Houston were obese. An area survey conducted by Stephen Klineberg and associates at Rice University indicated that one of the causes of obesity was the availability of affordable food alongside a high level of interest in the locally grown food by people living there. Obesity is by energy imbalance whereby too many calories are in, but only a few are (Davies & Fitzgerald, …show more content…
Bagchi, D 2011, Global perspectives on childhood obesity: Current status, consequences and prevention. Academic, London
Davies, HD & Fitzgerald, HE 2008, Obesity in childhood and adolescence, Praeger, Westport, Conn
Smith, K 2013, Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward without Leaving People Behind. Elsevier Science, Burlington
Yearbook of science and the future, 1975, Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago
Inglis, D & Gimlin, DL 2009, The globalization of food. Berg, Oxford
Lusk, J, Roosen, J & Shogren, JF 2011, The Oxford handbook of the economics of food consumption and policy, Oxford University Press, Oxford
Preedy, VR, Watson, RR & Martin, CR 2011, Handbook of behavior, food and nutrition. Springer, New York
Lupton, E, Miller, JA & MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1992, The bathroom, the kitchen, and the aesthetics of waste: A process of elimination. Kiosk, New York, NY
Klimis-Zacas, D 2006, Nutrition 05/06. McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, Dubuque,