has now officially declared obesity to be a disease, opening the doors for obesity treatments to be covered by federal and private health insurers. To many overweight patients, it's a welcome change, since they were unable to obtain medical treatment for their obesity unless they also suffered medical complications such as diabetes or heart disease. However, is obesity really a disease? Malaria is a disease. Diabetes is a disease. Cancer is a disease. I argue that obesity it's not a disease at all;
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Stigma on obesity Stigma is often unfair. It does not consider the feelings of the people involved. It is a collection of various negative principals that people have about something. Stigma of obesity is causing psychological problems to the people that are obese. These people are disadvantaged when it comes to various issues just because they are obese. Adults as well as children face this stigmatization. Most of them are viewed as lazy, weak-willed and less intelligent as compared to the non-obese
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heavily populated area like the San Francisco Bay Area, and with children, who don’t have much money, sometimes are limited to resort to fast food or other unhealthy meals. Obesity refers to the condition of having excessive body fat. Obesity presents a huge problem both physically, mentally, as well as emotionally. People dealing with obesity have to face with humiliation, depression, and sometimes even discrimination. Who is there to blame for this issue? It isn’t likely to find kids exercising
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Childhood Obesity: The Epidemic It was a sunny Thursday afternoon as I arrived to Berkley Middle School, the only thoughts in my head were I couldn’t wait to plant and grow vegetables! As I walked into the classroom I hear kids talking about what they were going to have for lunch, “My mom packed me spicy Cheetos!” “I have chicken nuggets and fries!” They were listing all sorts of unhealthy food that to them was the norm of how they should get a balanced diet. As I started talking to the children
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Obesity in America’s Children For years obesity has been an epidemic in the United States and now it is not only adults who are suffering from the disease, but also children. In the past couple of decades, Americans have become lazy. Older people are quick to voice their opinions on how children are lazy, and they are right. The children of yesteryear did more physical activity than those today. Years ago, children had to walk miles to and from school. Not only that, but when they reached home
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Obesity has been the main problem throughout the United States of America. Michelle Obama has a campaign called Let’s Move; essentially this is to get the younger generation of children to start making healthier choices for their future. Michael Bloomberg is the Mayor of New York City, and has been for the past eleven years. Instead of Bloomberg making a healthier choice for kids, he wants to make healthier choices for everybody that lives in New York City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already started
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Girth of a Nation “We have sparked a global obesity crisis. Way to go, America. Making the world safe for diabetes.” America has kissed the bottom end of the big obesitymeter – now sixty million American adults – thirty percent of the adults in the working age are obese. Problem? Certainly! But, what about the future? Have we treated our children in the right way – or have we led them on to the road of eternal obesity and everlasting oblivion? Well… Some have. Sixteen percent of American children
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Childhood Obesity Brian K. Lohman University of Phoenix While parents think that it is not their fault, too many children are effective by this problem. There are more than two million children in the United States that deal with obesity. Parents who have obese children do not want to take the responsibility themselves. There are lawsuits in action on fast food restaurants, school systems, and the price of food. Parents need to know that the issue starts and stops at home.
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America has been taken up in the turmoil of obesity, becoming a distinguished trait amongst Americans today, now that we have acknowledged this dilemma in our country, people start to blame others for this epidemic. There are two sides to this controversy. Consumer vs Company. Many people believe that the companies targeting children and adults with advertising everywhere are to blame, however there are others who blame the consumers for not being aware of the effects the food industries’ product
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Eating disorder and Obesity characterized by frequent episodes of binge eating are also part of a range of weight related problems. Life is a constant battle between the desires to lose weight. The dissatisfaction and unhealthy dieting practices are linked to the development of eating disorders, obesity and other problems. Obesity is the number one problem for those who are in a constant battle; many obese people who lose large amounts of weight and gain it back think it is their fault. They blame themselves
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