Over the last couple of years, America has been able to develop immunity to many of the common diseases found in underdeveloped countries. Our technology and intellectual skills provide us an invisible shield against common strains of bacteria and viruses. However, there is an even worse pandemic that has plagued Americans for years and eluded our efforts for a cure. This disease is absent in underdeveloped countries. Its name is obesity, and it has taken America by storm. Despite rising obesity rates, there is an easy solution; increasing tax rates on fatty, unhealthy foods and slashing prices on healthier foods would cause obesity rates to plummet drastically. Obesity, by definition, is an accumulation of excess calories. Whenever people
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Too much fat leads to obesity along with much more fatal diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, angina, infertility, stroke, osteoarthritis, gallbladder diseases, snoring, gout, and an increased rate of certain cancers. With so many treacherous diseases associated with obesity, it leads the worried to wonder how obesity is diagnosed. Doctors use a beneficial diagnostic tool known as BMI, or body mass index, to clinically diagnose obesity. BMI is a mathematical formula that takes the height and calculates the corresponding healthy weight. Although a very helpful diagnostic tool, BMI does possess some flaws. BMI does not directly measure a person’s muscle mass. Since scientifically proven that muscle weighs more than mass. Body builders on the BMI scale would be classified as obese when they’re really not. The cause of obesity may sound simple (eating too much with too little exercise), but the underlying problem is actually a lot more complex than people assume. There …show more content…
Obesity seems to have a particular interest in non-hispanic blacks affecting about (47.8%), the highest affected ethnicity group. Followed second by Hispanics at (42.5%), whites at (32.6%) and lastly non-hispanic Asians at 10.8% (CDC.gov). There is a correlation between income and obesity rates in Mexican American men. Higher income Mexican households have higher obesity rates compared with low-income families. High income women have a lower obese rate compared to their lower income counterpart. The prevention of obesity is unlike any other disease. There is no pill to take, no vaccination to get, no medication to improve immunity. The strongest source of immunity to obesity is exercise and a good diet. Exercising on a daily basis exponentially decreases the risk of obesity. A simple fifteen minutes walk a day is enough to combat obesity. Additionally, a healthy diet reduces the chance of becoming obese. A person who exercises daily and diet would almost never become
Too much fat leads to obesity along with much more fatal diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, angina, infertility, stroke, osteoarthritis, gallbladder diseases, snoring, gout, and an increased rate of certain cancers. With so many treacherous diseases associated with obesity, it leads the worried to wonder how obesity is diagnosed. Doctors use a beneficial diagnostic tool known as BMI, or body mass index, to clinically diagnose obesity. BMI is a mathematical formula that takes the height and calculates the corresponding healthy weight. Although a very helpful diagnostic tool, BMI does possess some flaws. BMI does not directly measure a person’s muscle mass. Since scientifically proven that muscle weighs more than mass. Body builders on the BMI scale would be classified as obese when they’re really not. The cause of obesity may sound simple (eating too much with too little exercise), but the underlying problem is actually a lot more complex than people assume. There …show more content…
Obesity seems to have a particular interest in non-hispanic blacks affecting about (47.8%), the highest affected ethnicity group. Followed second by Hispanics at (42.5%), whites at (32.6%) and lastly non-hispanic Asians at 10.8% (CDC.gov). There is a correlation between income and obesity rates in Mexican American men. Higher income Mexican households have higher obesity rates compared with low-income families. High income women have a lower obese rate compared to their lower income counterpart. The prevention of obesity is unlike any other disease. There is no pill to take, no vaccination to get, no medication to improve immunity. The strongest source of immunity to obesity is exercise and a good diet. Exercising on a daily basis exponentially decreases the risk of obesity. A simple fifteen minutes walk a day is enough to combat obesity. Additionally, a healthy diet reduces the chance of becoming obese. A person who exercises daily and diet would almost never become