has accomplished over the year in academic results‚ but there is still more that can be improved. According to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academics (IMNA)‚ “About nine million children over six years are considered obese” (Monghan). Obesity taking over about 20 percent of a person’s body is considered a disease because it is associated with so many health problems‚ like heart disease‚ type 2 diabetes‚ asthma‚ and etc. Children are starting to get diseases and health problems that have
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decade obesity has become a worldwide problem‚ and obesity is involved into this. Obesity is a public health crisis in many Western countries‚ and increasingly in other countries thus‚ some strategies were created to reduce this situation. Obesity is an enormous medical issue in which a person suffers from an excess of fat in the body. It can negatively affect the health‚ for example reducing the life expectancy or increasing the health problems. According to Dellorto‚ D. (2012)‚ “obesity is a bigger
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Obesity is a serious problem in the United States and has increased rapidly over the last few years. Obesity has a lot of other potential health risks or problems that have a great economic impact on the health care system today. The diseases that are associated with obesity are high blood pressure‚ strokes‚ heart attacks‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis. Obese patients’ health care cost and out of pocket spending is expected to increase with the rise of obesity. According to a study of national costs
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In the article “Is Obesity a Disease?” author Carey Rossi takes a firm position that obesity is a disease that can have many causes. She states that obesity can be caused by endocrine or genetic disorders. She then asserts that obesity is mostly caused from inactivity and overeating and that it can directly affect your emotions very easily. She also sees the other side of the debate with the words of a doctor‚ Marianne Legato. Dr. Legato states that obese patients need to be counseled because of
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Obesity‚ a Public or a Private Matter. Alexis Garrett 09/17/2014 ENG 122 Lisa Clark There is an abundance of articles stating obesity as an epidemic. In order to define obesity an understanding of the term "epidemic" is needed. An epidemic is a widespread occurrence or outbreak of an infectious disease. In this paper I will address the follow questions. When did eating too many big macs while sitting on the couch become infectious? Has the meaning of the word changed to fit in with the
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Childhood Obesity in America Introduction Childhood obesity in the United States of America has become one of the major health concerns for the nation. Diabetes‚ cancer‚ psychological problems as well as heart diseases are just but a few of the many health problems that come with obesity in children. However‚ childhood obesity is an issue that is preventable‚ treatable as well as can be managed with great effectiveness despite many thousands of people across the world and in America continues to
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Poverty on the Obesity Epidemic The occurrence of obesity has become so pervasive in the United States that it is now considered an epidemic. Obesity affects about fifty percent of adults and about twenty five percent of children in the U. S. alone (Simone‚ Story‚ Jeffery par. 1).While there are several factors that contribute to obesity‚ a large concern is environmental influence. There is a direct relationship between inexpensive‚ processed‚ fast foods‚ poverty and high levels of obesity. In the past
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Causes of Childhood Obesity Obesity is a superfluous amount of fat in the body. Obesity happens when a person’s body receives many more calories than it can burn by itself during the day. In other words it means that people eat generous helpings of processed food; moreover‚ this food can consist of a lot of cholesterol‚ which is extremely dangerous for the human body. Childhood obesity today has grown rapidly and has become a disturbing epidemic in many countries in the past few decades. Studies
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Report on Obesity in Hong Kong 1. Introduction We are now living in an economically prosperous society and enjoying much higher living standards than ever before. However‚ while we benefit from these nice conditions‚ there are also some arising concerns. One of these problems is obesity‚ which has a variety of causes‚ but is likely related to our new way of life. This report is going to focus on the obesity problem in Hong Kong‚ and will discuss four possible causes and offer reasonable solutions
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Obesity: Strictly Societal or Positively Personal? “If two heads are better than one‚ then what about double chins? On that note‚ I’ll help myself to seconds.” –Jarod Kints Obesity is a whopping contributing factor to over 360‚000 deaths in the U.S each year. Unfortunately‚ that number continues to rise. Americans tend to blame everyone else for their condition‚ (Fast food‚ high fructose corn syrup‚ etc..) and are unable to take personal responsibility. So who is to blame for
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