In his essay “Being Fat Is OK,” Paul Campos disputes the federal government’s definition of “overweight” (206). He even goes so far as to suggest that the government is perpetrating a fraud against the unsuspecting American people by setting weight standards that are unreasonable and not founded on any scientific fact. He points out rather convincingly that these standards “not coincidentally, serve the interests of America’s $50 billion per year diet industry” (207). It is his belief that the obsession
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Hunter, W.(2006) Obesity. Modern Day Epedemic.Broomall, Pennsylvania: Mason Crest Publishers Inc. July 21, 2011. U.S. Obesity Trends. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html 2012. Mellissa’s Story [My 600 Pound Life]. TLC (2010, February 22). Obesity timebomb: Eight in 10 men will be overweight by 2020. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved from www.health.am Melissa wakes up around seven or eight a.m. and turns
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How bad is the obesity epidemic in the United States? The Center for Disease Control reports that obesity is second only to smoking as a leading cause of death. Obesity is not just limited to the adult population but also significantly affects children across all races and ethnicities. A statistical chart by Kaiser Family Foundation in 2011 has identified 72% of African Americans, 70% of Native Americans, 69% of Hispanics, 62% of Caucasians and 41% of Asian/Pacific Islanders are overweight or
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PROFESSOR LISA D. HERZOG SUMMER 2013 MONDAY 6:00 P.M TO 10:00 P.M. IRVINE GRADUATE CAMPUS ------------------------------------------------- Obesity Lawsuits Against the Fast Food Industry Final Paper August 2, 2013 Breanna Neal I. Introduction Should you be able to sue a restaurant such as McDonald’s for your obesity? Well, it depends who you ask. The customers of such fast-food companies believe their health problems were caused by overeating their addictive fatty foods
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impoverished areas of the country. The obesity rates in many similar countries have not grown nearly as rapidly as that of the United States. The rate of obesity in impoverished American children may be rapidly increasing due to the influence of their caretakers, low income, poor access to healthcare, lack of physical activity, deprived living conditions, and a lack of access to resources due to their location. Obesity is more prevalent in minority communities, but obesity rates and race do not actually
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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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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
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America is a fat country and that is a fact. One third of adults and roughly 12.7 million children are obese in the United States of America ("Overweight & Obesity.", Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015). Furthermore, the numbers of obese people are rapidly rising at an alarming rate. America’s excessive food consumption and lack of exercise is catapulting the obesity epidemic in America to reach new heights. The word “obese” describes an individual who has too much body fat in which
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In America, 38% of all adults are considered obese. This is a significant amount of the total population. Among the many health problems Americans deal with, obesity is one of the most prominent. Therefore, there needs to be an increase in efforts to prevent this growing problem of obesity. Some of the main areas where improvement is needed include low-income families, health care plans, portion sizes, and overall eating habits of Americans. Food stamps are very commonly used in the United States
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Obesity in America had been a problem for decades, it has been drastically increasing because of the fast food corporations and their hidden plan. This epidemic affects both people in local areas and on a larger global scale. Unhealthy food corporations in America have manipulated the lives and diets of many Americans, causing harm to people. Some examples of harm are diabetes, heart disease, and eventually even death. People might argue that any harm people endure due to eating unhealthy is the
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