The obesity epidemic in the United States is now three decades old, continuing to worsen over the years. Many Americans are fearful of being categorized as obese because of the risk of other developing health conditions that come along with it, including: heart disease, cancer, diabetes or sleep apnea, just to name a few. Obesity is looked at as a simplistic issue because being larger than others automatically means that one is lazy right? This is the attitude taken towards this subject. Many people do not understand the complexity of obesity, but medical professionals and other researchers are starting to take a look into why the number of people being diagnosed as obese is increasing. More than one third of Americans are considered obese,
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Some of these families resort to fast food which is just “grease, refined flour, and a jumbo shot of sugar (162).” Our environment is not much of anything to encourage healthy eating, which could help lower the number of people who are considered obese. If the environment were to get behind supporting healthier lifestyle habits, then obesity might not be such of an …show more content…
Many people fail to realize this because they automatically blame the obese individual for being in the physical condition that they are in. Some people are born with little control over them having a future of obesity if it is genetically inherited because of family bone structure for example. These genes can affect the amount of fat that is stored on the body and where specifically it is located on the body. The chances of being overweight or obese are greater when one or both parents of an individual are obese, because children adopt the habits that their parents have. If a child has obese, high calorie consuming, inactive parents, then they are at a higher risk of inheriting and developing the same habits. If a family adopts a healthy lifestyle, then their children are at a lower risk of developing obesity. Instilling healthy habits is something that starts in the home; it is a necessary action to change the direction of the rate of obesity and begin to transform the United States into a role model for healthy living
Some of these families resort to fast food which is just “grease, refined flour, and a jumbo shot of sugar (162).” Our environment is not much of anything to encourage healthy eating, which could help lower the number of people who are considered obese. If the environment were to get behind supporting healthier lifestyle habits, then obesity might not be such of an …show more content…
Many people fail to realize this because they automatically blame the obese individual for being in the physical condition that they are in. Some people are born with little control over them having a future of obesity if it is genetically inherited because of family bone structure for example. These genes can affect the amount of fat that is stored on the body and where specifically it is located on the body. The chances of being overweight or obese are greater when one or both parents of an individual are obese, because children adopt the habits that their parents have. If a child has obese, high calorie consuming, inactive parents, then they are at a higher risk of inheriting and developing the same habits. If a family adopts a healthy lifestyle, then their children are at a lower risk of developing obesity. Instilling healthy habits is something that starts in the home; it is a necessary action to change the direction of the rate of obesity and begin to transform the United States into a role model for healthy living