Dr, Maccy
PH-580
Childhood Obesity in U.S
Obesity epidemic is more common a rounding the world for adults and child. Many people have positive perspective about obesity epidemic, they think it is just weight gain, but it is not true. Obesity has negative effects on human body and economic for long and short period of time. Obesity epidemic also relates to many dangerous diseases that can threat child’s life or fatal diseases such as depressions, heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties, several type cancers, asthma. and among others. In fact, "The prevalence of obesity has doubled in …show more content…
The rate of mortality and treatment costs of obesity goes up in united states. “Each year in the United States, 400 000 deaths and $117 billion in health-care and related costs are attributable to obesity”. This is a frightening number that may be cause a big globally problem for American people next 10 or 15 years later. In addition, “Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese”. from 1960 to 1970 the rate of obesity of children was less than today, it was 5 – 7 percentage since 1960 to 1970. Today the most concern is the first or second kill in U.S is obesity. “In addition, 44% of the diabetes burden, 23% of the ischaemic heart disease burden and between 7% and 41% of certain cancer burdens are attributable to overweight and