Obesity Takes Over Obesity is a growing worldwide problem causing “over 400 million people to become obese” (Obesity). The numbers will keep climbing to be about “700 million in 2015” (Obesity). As the numbers keep growing in both adults and children‚ people will remain obese until they can make their life healthier. Throughout the United States‚ obesity has affected a large number of people from lack of exercise‚ consuming too much food and causing various types of health problems. People have
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Obesity Obesity is the state of being over-weight. It is common to have over-weight in recent days. Due to obesity‚ the tendency of gyming is also increasing in current days. Obesity typically results from over-eating (especially an unhealthy diet) and lack of enough exercise. In our modern world with increasingly cheap‚ high calorie food (example‚ fast food — or “junk food”)‚ prepared foods that are high in things like salt‚ sugars or fat‚ combined with our increasingly sedentary lifestyles‚ increasing
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In today’s society obesity is a relevant and very serious topic. The term obese is used to characterize the overall level of body fat. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination survey more than one-third of adults and almost 17% of youth are obese (Ogden‚ 2012‚ para 1). The prevalence of obesity does not differ between men and women‚ however obesity is more prominent in adults ages 60 (Oden‚ 2012‚ para 1). Fast food has become more popular these days with idea of having a meal
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Christopher J Hansen February 12‚ 2012 Is the Fast Food Industry Responsible for the Obesity Epidemic in America? Obesity is defined as the condition of being excessively fat or overweight. The distinction between being obese and being overweight is determined by a weight-to-height ratio known as the Body Mass Index (or BMI). This ratio is calculated by dividing one ’s weight in kilograms by the square of their height in meters‚ which results in a number typically between 15 and 40. In the
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Obesity (Causes‚ effects‚ and treatment) Obesity is a complex and serious disease. Overeating that is due to emotions‚ habits‚ and the availability of food is the cause of obesity. It is important to remember that there are other‚ underlying causes that can cause obesity. • If the food you eat provides more calories than your body needs‚ the excess is converted to fat. Fat cells increase in size. When they can no longer expand‚ they increase in number. If you lose weight‚ the size of the
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breath. In America today this is the reality that many children face. Obesity has become an epidemic in America‚ it has many contributing factors‚ and affects learning abilities but there are preventive manners for it. Although little is being done about obesity‚ its negative effect on children is caused by multitude of factors. The rising numbers of obese children has reached an alarming rate. With many Americans‚ “…‘obesity’…carries the connotation of being extremely overweight. [But] health professionals
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including myriad fast food choices‚ little exercise and stressful jobs. "Due to urbanization‚ more people are living in more dense environments‚ in cities where they are removed from traditional food sources and dependent on an industrial food supply‚" says Neville Rigby‚ director of policy and public affairs for the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Modernization is causing countries with small populations and few resources to depend on imported‚ often over-processed food. "The Western
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As we know‚ obesity is a serious health problem. It can cause various types of other diseases including heart disease‚ stroke‚ high blood pressure‚ diabetes and so on those will shorter our live. How can obesity cause these types of diseases? That is because cholesterols and fats build up in the wall of arteries and the arteries getting narrower and eventually block by the fats. A doctor took the blood sampling of a obese person who eats fast food everyday. The doctor found that there is a layer
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of junk or fast food (Allison). Obesity is the “abnormal accumulation of body fat‚ usually twenty percent or more over an individual ’s ideal body weight” (Greenblatt). Obesity is becoming an overwhelming epidemic in America. It is more prevalent in African Americans‚ American-Indians‚ and children (Richards). In fact‚ nearly two out of three Americans are overweight or obese and the number of overweight children has tripled over the last twenty years (Greenblatt). Due to obesity‚ there are many
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Parents Are To Blame for Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has become a growing problem in America. Although there are many contributing factors to overweight children‚ parents are usually to blame. The parents of children are the ones who provide food for them‚ so they have direct control of what their child is consuming. They are the ones who need to make sure their child maintains a healthy weight by eating right and taking part in physical activity. Obesity occurs when a person eats more calories
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