why fast food is bad for your health, what is hide from you, and why they should avoid fast food overall. Central idea: The fast food industry grew affecting the life of small ranchers, corrupting the government, spreading diseases, causing and obesity epidemic putting lives in dangerous to increase their profits. Outline: I. Introduction Who is really paying for the hamburger that you ate in the fast food? Do you think that this hamburger just cost 3 dollars? Who is paying for the rest
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Obesity: An American Crisis EC315 (Term Project Report) Michael Higgs Fall 2 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Purpose Statement…………………………………………………Page 1 Definition of Variables……………………………………………Page 1-3 Data Description…………………………………………………….Page 3-4 Results……………………………………………………………………Page 4-6 Works Cited……………………………………………………………Page 7 Appendix……………………………………………………………….Page 8-10 Purpose Statement This project will discuss the correlation between exercise and diet on the ever growing crisis of obesity
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Fast Food Cause Obesity There has been a rise in obesity in this country for the last forty years. Many scientists and doctors have begun to question whether there is any relationship between fast food and obesity. According to the available information the number of fast food restaurants has doubled since 1970s. (Currie, J et al 2009).Currie J et al (2009) observe that the rise in the obesity cases in the last one decade has been directly related to the rise in the number of people choosing fast
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America, the land of plenty, has always experienced an abundance of resources, but has this tradition of excess become our downfall? It’s easy to see that people in the United States are getting larger. “Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years” (CDC, 2013, Childhood Obesity Facts). According to the CDC (2013), as many as 18% of young people can be considered obese which puts them at risk for any number of health problems. Diabetes, joint
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Childhood Obesity has become an epidemic in America. Although it seems that the main concern with obesity is about external appearances, the true problem lies with the health problems associated with it. According to the CDC, obesity can lead to heart disease, type II diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and some forms of cancer. Found in all age groups from two year old children to 50 year old men and women, obesity has been linked to everything from the popularity of computers and video games
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Background Obesity is the accumulation of adipose tissues inside the body with the Body Mass Index (BMI) more than 30kg/m2. While people with the BMI between 25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2 are characterized as overweight (WHO, 2016). According to WHO, over the past 30 years mean the three decades, obesity occurrences have doubled up with the total amount of 1.4 billion people are overweight and 500 million obese worldwide (Bank of America Merril Lynch, 2012). With an estimation, the incidence of obesity will reach
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Warner expresses the idea that obesity is caused by diet and that it is not going to change anytime soon. While this may be true, there are many more factors to this epidemic than the human diet. Obesity can stem from a lack of understanding of proper eating habits, having a poor exercise regimen, and the convenience or availability of food. There also are hardly any efforts being made to change this diet as well, while Michelle Obama had good intentions on the eating healthy initiative, Warner was
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television next to him. This cartoon is sending the message that television has affected the obesity in America through an increase in watching television. This ad uses pathos and logos to get the point across. Ethos is not used because the author of the cartoon is unknown so there is no way of knowing if the author is credible. The inactivity television causes contributes to the obesity problem America has. Years ago before the invention of television people had to entertain themselves.
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into individualist activities, such as watching television or using a laptop, and at the same time reduces their physical activities. This leads to obesity among all individuals. In addition, commercials of junk foods have influenced us and our physiological status of being obese. According to the article, “In less than 40 years, the prevalence of obesity in the U.S. has increased by over 50%, so that
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half of America can answer this question with a “no”. According to statistics 35.7% adults and 17% teens are obese in America due to lack of exercise and unhealthy eating. Not exercising and eating poorly can only prepare you for the worse. Obesity, high blood pressure, and heart attacks are likely to occur to a person if they are not exercising and eating correctly to stay healthy. Obesity is the number one effect with most people in today’s society. More than 52.7% of people in America are obese
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