Obesity Trend

Being obese has always been a concern throughout the world, but nowadays, it has become a new trend. People are eating more than ever before. At the same time, people are becoming more inactive. The trend has now become so bad, that adults are no longer the only ones experiencing obesity: children are too. The United States is the leading country in obesity. The United States has become so bad they are nearly ten years ahead of everyone else in amount of obese people living in the country (Haslam). Although the United States is leader in this category, everyone needs to take action to stop this new trend. Obesity is not a new issue, but with a change in society, it is growing at a dangerous rate with concerns not only with adults but also children. Obesity is a growing problem around the world, and there are many mainstream ways people become obese. Obesity as defined in David Haslam’s article on obesity is “any excess body fat accumulation with multiple organ-specific pathological …show more content…
Once someone becomes obese it is not the end of the world, in fact, it is the start of a new path in life. Obesity can cause life threatening situations, but it is curable and there are ways around being obese. National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute suggests plans like, “Focusing on balancing energy IN (calories from food and drinks) with energy OUT (physical activity), following a healthy eating plan, learning how to adopt healthy lifestyle habit”("How Are Overweight and Obesity Treated?"). In other words eat less, be more active, and adapt healthy choices in life to help fight the body from obesity. Doctors are there to help, and make sure people’s body are on the correct track. Confidence is the key to the solution for obesity, without this obesity will seem impossible. Obesity has its ways of coming up, but also has its ways of being