Obesity: Choice or Disease Public health experts agree that overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in this country and around the world. More than a third of U.S. adults are obese. People ages 60 and older are more likely to be obese than younger adults‚ according to the most recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. And the problem also affects children. One out of five‚ or 17 percent‚ of U.S. children ages 6 to 19 are obese. (John Hopkins University
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Perla Rosario Professor Tomblin English 1101 9 March 2015 Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. Over the past few years overweight and obese children have increased at an alarming rate and there seems to be no slowing down unless some type of action is taken soon. The fast food industry offers poor nutritional food and continues to encourage children to regularly eat the unhealthy foods and also encourage parents by making these “kids Meal” affordable. Unfortunately televisions
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There is no single reason of Obesity in America. Some believe that our unhealthy ways are due to our eating habits. Whilst others may think it is because of our lack of exercise and attachment to technology. America’s obesity rate is shockingly higher than the rest of the world’s. Our Eating habits in America hold a strong link to the obesity rates. America’s diet has worsened over just 40 years. “Americans today eat about 500 more calories daily than they did in 1970.” Public Health explains
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Greg Last‚ a local doctor‚ shared the following story about obesity‚ “I’ve been a physician for nearly forty years but it wasn’t until just recent years I’ve seen staggering amounts of patients with chronic illnesses related to an inactive and overfed lifestyle‚” (Last). Here‚ in America obesity rates are on what seems to be an unstoppable incline. Recent statistics show that from 1980 to 2000 obesity rates more than doubled. It was then described as reaching epidemic proportions not much later
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Obesity is characterized by a ratio greater than 29.9 of body mass in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. The mass is adipose tissue as an inert depot for excess energy has shifted. Adipose tissue is recognized as a dynamic organ and play important roles. Obesity exhibit increased marker of inflammation such as macrophage infiltration‚ C-reactive protein and tissue factor. Obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes‚ cardiovascular disease‚ hypertension‚ stroke‚ sepsis‚ impaired wound healing
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Tabin 1 Marie Faye Tabin Ms. Darlene Fujimoto Expository Writing 1 October 2‚ 2014 An Obesity Epidemic Solution A student that brings fast food as a school lunch might not even differ if we compare it with the school menu’s ingredients. According to a paragraph from the National Lunch Program article states that‚ “food distributed by National Lunch Program contains some of the ingredients found in fast food‚ and the resulting meals routinely fails to meet basic nutritional standards” (Water‚ Heron
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Professor’s Name Course Date Childhood Obesity The scientists and doctors around the world are increasingly concerned about the problem of childhood obesity in recent years. They are trying to find a way out of this situation and conduct numerous studies regarding this problem. This specialists’ attitude is understandable - from year to year‚ childhood obesity is a growing health burden of the younger generation of the entire planet. As well as adults obesity‚ childhood obesity is caused by a whole set of reasons
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Campus Santo Tomás de Aquino Name Mario Ceballos ID 2009-5513 Teacher Jamila Hussain Topic Childhood obesity in the United States Santo Domingo‚ Dominican Republic Cause and effect essay Childhood obesity in the United States Recently a big problem has presented in the children from United States. Obesity is a huge issue nowadays‚ according to the to the American Obesity Associaction between 16 and 33 percent of children are obese and those numbers are expected to continue
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COMM 1311: Written communication Fall 2014 Section 101 Student Name: Zayed Mouhi Al-Qahtani Student ID: 201303843 Assignment 2 In this world the average of obesity people become more and more. There are many of causes of obesity disease and there is an effect from this causes and I will describe them in details. Obesity is complex phenomenon but the main causes can be grouped into three headings. Poor food‚ lack of exercise and lack of awareness. Poor food choice is become bad habit
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computer time‚ to childhood obesity that can cause future complications‚ such as diabetes‚ and other chronic diseases. However‚
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