...Social issues in the US Obesity has gradually become a major health issue in America and the statistics, which I am going to talk about later, is frightening. To understand how large the health issue is, we have to understand what obesity is. Obesity is a condition where someone has so much body fat that it might damage their health. We define this amount of body fat by at least 20% or higher according to http://www.medicalnewstoday.com. According to http://www.businessinsider.com USA actually has some of the highest obesity rates in the world, and in this text I am going to look at some of the reasons why. The obesity does not just harm a specific part of the people, it harms everyone. Over a third of the American adults and almost 20% of the teenagers is obese. (http://edition.cnn.com) All this obesity has to come at a cost, not only personally but also economically. In this text I am going to look at some reasons to obesity, look at statistics and also talk about the future of obesity. For major parts of the American people, obesity is not a choice. Many are raised up in a poor family who do not have the resources to buy their kids or themselves healthy meals. 14,8 % of the American population live in poverty, that equals to around 47 million people. (http://talkpoverty.org/basics/) This is one of the biggest causes to obesity. Poor people have a lot less access to healthy and nutritious food. (http://frac.org/) Therefor I would say that obesity and poverty is strongly...
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...so many people are not told they are healthy by their doctors? Although there could be many reasons people do not hear these words come out of their doctors’ mouths, in America one of the biggest reasons is obesity. Obesity is a health issue that results from a combination of causes and contributing factors that make an individual’s body mass index (BMI) higher than what is considered healthy for their height and weight (Adult Obesity Causes & Consequences) (Ward-Smith 242). In America obesity is a major problem that relates to about 112,000...
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...Dani Park Kines 1 M 2:00pm – 4:50pm Critical Thinking Paper Obesity In America Obesity is one of the most commonly discussed issues in America today. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 68.8 percent of adults are overweight and 35.7 percent are obese. Also, 31.8 percent of American children and adolescents are overweight and 16.9 percent are obese. Moreover, the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn if Americans do not change their diet and living habits, 42 percent of Americans will be obese by the year 2030. The two main causes of obesity in America are due to diet and lifestyle. For example, fast food contains extremely high levels of fat, calories and carbohydrates that one's body doesn't need, and the lack of exercise only serves to compliment these reasons for becoming obese. However, the side effects of obesity go beyond just being overweight or having an increased risk for developing serious health conditions. Obesity in America is a crucial issue that has many causes and effects. The most significant reason that is primarily responsible for obesity is an unhealthy diet, because it fails to provide the correct amounts and types of nutrients for a healthy body's maintenance. Instead, it provides unhealthy fats and toxins that only serve to slow the body down. For example, fast food contains calories that may exceed the daily needs in just one meal, along with sodium, cholesterol, trans fats, sugars and other unhealthful...
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...America has a flawed system— is not an opinion—it’s a fact (Mitchell). Anyone can be born in a multitude of places, and many people are born in the U.S or have moved there. Over 300 million people live in America, but why is it not hard to believe not everyone is satisfied with the system they are providing their citizens? The constitution gives civil liberties to those born in America by giving them the right to “bare arms” and the “right to free speech.” However, is America really free? Is there enough “share the wealth” passes in order to keep the economy stable? Or is America ruled by big business to keep the economy running financially but it still leads a corrupt system harming every citizen in the process? Big business is big corporations...
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...says Abby. Obesity is a serious factor in America’s economy and we should realize how bad it is. The obesity rate of America is more than two thirds of the American population. “Statistics say that America’s obesity rate and their poverty rate is almost similar”. Rich Hamburg, the deputy director of Trust for America’s Health comments, “It all comes down to level of physical activity and nutrition- how much are they getting, what kinds of calories are they consuming?” (“Poverty”). To prevent this, America should take action in making their country a healthier place. The country should tax unhealthy foods such as sodas for the people in order to be healthier and prevent obesity. There are many reasons to why America is the first country to have the most obese people in. Obesity rates have increased surprisingly, doubling the rate since the 1970s. This is also a very important case for children. About a quarter of 2 to 5 year olds are obese in America. Obesity is when your weight is 20% more than average weight, compared to your height. This can be called a disease. “Heart stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and different types of cancer can all be caused by just being obese” (“Obesity”). The Site-wide Navigation states that overweight people spend more on health care than the people with other health problems. Researchers have noticed huge lifestyle changes- Americans exercising less but still maintaining the same calorie intake. All these concerns make obesity a problem...
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...CHILDHOOD OBESITY Childhood Obesity-Definition http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/childhood-obesity/basics/definition/con-20027428 Reasons of Childhood Obesity http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/problem.html http://children.webmd.com/guide/obesity-children How to help children http://www.helpguide.org/mental/childhood_obesity.htm Bullying http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/obesity/pages/Teasing-and-Bullying.aspx http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/03/obesity.bullying/ Wisconsin http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/stateprograms/fundedstates/pdf/wisconsin-state-profile.pdf http://host.madison.com/news/local/city-life/childhood-obesity-on-the-decline-nationally-but-wisconsin-shows-little/article_ad7817f0-ef28-553f-8a0d-692a1ea133de.html http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/outreach/wisconsin-prevention-obesity-diabetes/ http://www.childhealthdata.org/docs/nsch-docs/wisconsin-pdf.pdf http://fasinfat.org/states/wi/ (Graphics) http://www.childhealthdata.org/docs/nsch-docs/wisconsin04_23_508-pdf.pdf (Tables) https://www.facebook.com/WECOPI (FACEBOOK PAGE) America http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity_child_07_08/obesity_child_07_08.htm (Graphics and Tables) http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/downloads/pednssfactsheet.pdf * http://health.heraldtribune.com/2014/01/20/top-5-myths-about-obesity-in-america/ (Mitos...
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...Obesity In America | March 17 2012 | Sean Jackson | DeVry University | Obesity in America has become a rampant problem due to cheap fast food, poor nutritional teachings, and depression. Recent studies by scientists have shown that nearly one third of all Americans are obese, and that two thirds are overweight. If this trend continues, by the year 2030, over 50% of Americans will be obese. (http://www.npr.org/2011/05/19/135601363/living-large-obesity-in-america) Cheap fast food has become a staple in American lives. With the lifestyles of Americans having changed in the past century from housewife, working husband to working wife, working husband; finding time to cook a nutritious home meal for the family had been replaced by convenient methods called fast food. In the past 20 years the fast food industry has grown by billions of dollars. The average American spends thousands of dollars a year on fast food, whether it is a candy bar, soda, or an actual restaurant. The average fast food meal has almost 2,000 calories and contains more than a week’s amount of unsaturated fat and sodium. This causes obesity which leads to many serious health problems. Poor nutritional teachings are another reason for Obesity in Americans. Parent’s lives are so rushed that they are forced to feed their kids on the go. Kids are raised with this lifestyle so when they grow up all they know is eating on the go and never learn how to cook for themselves. Laziness from the parents and poor...
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...Does Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity? Business Research Methods 642 Donna Wall September 10, 2012 Abstract Within the scope of this research paper I will present the contributions that fast food restaurants have on obesity. The paper will identify some of the causal effect that were discovered through surveys and research of recent studies that were related to obesity. A definition of obesity will be present as well. Does Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity? Obesity has become an epidemic in America. Fast food restaurants are everywhere you look. We hear fast food restaurants advertisements on the radio, on billboards along the highways, in magazines and commercials on our televisions. Every child that is of age to talk can easily identify the arch and relate that to McDonald’s. Americans all over America have become consumed by these advertisements and have become over weight due to their food selection at such restaurants. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable deaths in America. For that reason alone obesity has become a topic that has been recently researched and discussed more and more over the last few decades. Researchers have thrived to develop a cause to such an increase in Americans that struggle with the problem of obesity. Are there variations between Americans who most often have home cooked meals than those who eat at fast food restaurants more that are often affected with obesity? Are there other contributions to food selection...
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...Obesity Obesity Obesity Guys every one that knows me knows I am so passionate about reading on how much obesity is a problem in America and even all over the world. I love learning about nutrition and how obesity can be beat for good. I wish I could grab everyone all over the U.S and tell them to read more on nutrition and the right way to eat. For this reason, I research on obesity all over America because I want to end it some way some how I want to be apart of ending the epidemic of obesity. I recently read an article about obesity and the name of the article is “Obesity in America” written by Caitlin Rose. The lady helps us understand how Obesity has become a major issue in the U.S and she also states the risks we face with obesity, a solution that might end obesity and some extra information on obesity. I guess the people reading this is only people that want to educate themselves in the topic, like nutritionists, and future nutritionist. But I think we should all be concerned about our health and read this article. Caitlin Rose mentions in this article that according the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, "more than one third of adults suffer from obesity and one sixth of children suffer from it too." These numbers only keep going up and we need to finish this once and for all. Obesity raises the risks of other chronic diseases, like for example, stroke, depression, arthritis, and many more. 7 out of 10 deaths occur because of these chronic...
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...obese? Obesity is a struggle among every country in the world. Obesity is when a person is 20 percent above what is supposed to be their normal weight. Obesity is so difficult to get rid of in countries that it is classified as a disease. The country that is greatest known for their obesity rates is the United States of America. Even though America is not the most obese country in the world, America is known for their fast food restaurants severely overweight people. Despite America being one of the most obese countries, no one ever asks the real question. Why have Americans become so obese? The most obviously popular reason why Americans are obese is because of food. The first type of food to relate to obesity is fast food. McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell and many other fast food restaurants load their food with sugar, cholesterol and other unhealthy substances that make people crave it. McDonald’s burgers are severely unhealthier than a homemade burger. A McDonald’s burger has 440 calories, 23 grams of fat, 80 milligrams of cholesterol, 1150 milligrams of sodium and 34 carbohydrates. (McDonald's). A homemade burger has about 270 calories, 9 grams of fat, 142 milligrams of cholesterol, 123 milligrams of sodium and about 9 carbohydrates (Health). McDonald's makes their foods unnecessarily unhealthy. Another problem with Americans food problems is that their portions are completely outrageous. The default portion sizes are Small, Medium and large but food in America has extended...
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...years food industries have been the blame for obesity when in reality it's the people's fault. They disregard the fact that fast food is atrocious because they still manage to invest their money into it. People show indifference when it comes to eating healthy which leads to bad eating habits and eventually obesity. It seems as people don't care about eating healthy and maintaining a stable diet. Obesity is optional, it is never mandatory to eat fast food. People just blame the fast food industries for personal reasons. Fast food throughout the world is advertised to the public but never forced to purchase. Article Fast Food Culture Serves Up Super Size America “hard for people to constrain...
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...Obesity in America Rough Draft Jeremy Stewart ENG 122 English Composition II Instructor: Jennifer Chagala October 02, 2014 Obesity in America It is a shame that more people die in the United States from eating too much food, while in other countries people die from not having enough. Obesity is a rising health epidemic across the nation, and it is a duel responsibility of the government as well as society to do all that they can, starting in the individual home to encourage healthy eating in order to reverse this development and preserve the next generation. Obesity has officially become an epidemic in America. It is debatably one the most noticed public health problems that America faces today. In 2009,...
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...obese? Obesity is a struggle among every country in the world. Obesity is when a person is 20 percent above what is supposed to be their normal weight. Obesity is so difficult to get rid of in countries that it is classified as a disease. The country that is greatest known for their obesity rates is the United States of America. Even though America is not the most obese country in the world, America is known for their fast food restaurants severely overweight people. Despite America being one of the most obese countries, no one ever asks the real question. Why have Americans become so obese? The most obviously popular reason why Americans are obese is because of food. The first type of food to relate to obesity is fast food. McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell and many other fast food restaurants load their food with sugar, cholesterol and other unhealthy substances that make people crave it. McDonald’s burgers are severely unhealthier than a homemade burger. A McDonald’s burger has 440 calories, 23 grams of fat, 80 milligrams of cholesterol, 1150 milligrams of sodium and 34 carbohydrates. (McDonald's). A homemade burger has about 270 calories, 9 grams of fat, 142 milligrams of cholesterol, 123 milligrams of sodium and about 9 carbohydrates (Health). McDonald's makes their foods unnecessarily unhealthy. Another problem with Americans food problems is that their portions are completely outrageous. The default portion sizes are Small, Medium and large but food in America has extended...
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...In class we talked about how hunger is related to our motivation and emotion. We discussed how obesity is a rising problem in America. It was also brought up that America has the highest obesity rate of anyone in the world. We then got into a conversation of how we think all of the obesity in America is caused. On reason that was brought up is that when children don’t finish all their food, parents often will not let them leave the table until they are completely finished. By parents doing this, they are already putting into the child’s head that they must eat everything that is in front of them. This can contribute to a rise in obesity as a child. The next possible reason is advertisement. Many fast food places play commercials late at night...
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...Childhood Obesity in the United States of America Tolulope Adedokun Introduction to psychology Dr. Michael Gawrysiak November 28, 2014 Table of contents Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Causes of Obesity ………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Heredity …………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Social Environment ……………………………………………………………………… 5 Social Status …………………………………………………………………………….. 5 Birth Weight …………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Effects of Obesity ………………………………………………………………………………… 7 Health Effects ……………………………………………………………………………. 7 Mental Effects …………………………………………………………………………… 7 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………………. 7 Solutions to Childhood Obesity in The United States of America ………………………………. 8 References ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 Abstract Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in developing countries especially in the United States of America. Twenty five percent of children in the US are overweight and 11% are obese. Overweight and obesity in childhood are known to have significant impact on both physical and psychological health. This paper describes the causes, effects, and solutions to childhood obesity in the...
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