Obesity is used to describe someone that has a higher than average body mass index. More than one in three adults were considered overweight or have obesity (Overweight & Obesity). That is a lot of obese people, it comes out to roughly one hundred seven million seven hundred thousand people. You also must consider that obesity causes life threatening diseases. More funding needs to be directed towards obesity to help combat that problem.
There is an alarming number of obese people in America. “More than one-third(36.5%) of U.S. adults have obesity” (“Overweight & Obesity.” ). This is a lot of people. Consider that we are just looking at the U.S obesity rates multiple states have much higher obesity rates in the 40 percent range. Every state had more than 20% of adults with obesity (Overweight & Obesity). 20% is a big chunk of the population of a state yet no states had less than twenty percent of …show more content…
“Overweight and obesity are risk factors for many health problems such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, joint problems, and gallstones, among other conditions” (Overweight & Obesity Statistics). Considering the number of people that are obese this will make a lot of people sick consing lots of money in medical bills and things like that. People that have obesity are at a higher risk of heart disease (Overweight & Obesity Statistics). Heart disease is one of the most deadly diseases right now. It kill a lot of people and obesity is adding to the number of deaths. “Gaining weight as an adult increases the risk for several cancers, even if the weight gain doesn't result in overweight or obesity” (Health Risks). Even if you aren’t obese weight gain can cause cancer. That’s the last thing we need is more people with cancer. It’s bad enough with all of the people that got unlucky and got cancer we don’t need more people with cancer that could've been
There is an alarming number of obese people in America. “More than one-third(36.5%) of U.S. adults have obesity” (“Overweight & Obesity.” ). This is a lot of people. Consider that we are just looking at the U.S obesity rates multiple states have much higher obesity rates in the 40 percent range. Every state had more than 20% of adults with obesity (Overweight & Obesity). 20% is a big chunk of the population of a state yet no states had less than twenty percent of …show more content…
“Overweight and obesity are risk factors for many health problems such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, joint problems, and gallstones, among other conditions” (Overweight & Obesity Statistics). Considering the number of people that are obese this will make a lot of people sick consing lots of money in medical bills and things like that. People that have obesity are at a higher risk of heart disease (Overweight & Obesity Statistics). Heart disease is one of the most deadly diseases right now. It kill a lot of people and obesity is adding to the number of deaths. “Gaining weight as an adult increases the risk for several cancers, even if the weight gain doesn't result in overweight or obesity” (Health Risks). Even if you aren’t obese weight gain can cause cancer. That’s the last thing we need is more people with cancer. It’s bad enough with all of the people that got unlucky and got cancer we don’t need more people with cancer that could've been