Obesity is a medical condition in which excess of body fat is accumulated in the body this can lead to many diseases or even death. Nowadays, obesity is increasing worldwide because of several causes. Some of the reasons include new technologies tools, lack of dietary knowledge, and increase in food portions.
Obesity is a problem that affects individuals of all ages. One of the main causes is technology. Although technology is a tool that is made to facilitate the lives of people, it can lead to laziness. People will start to use electronic bicycles and cars as transportation. This minimizes the mobility of an individual in a daily basis. Technology is now being used for home-delivery items online such as groceries, clothes, and food from …show more content…
Fast food (food that is prepared and served very quickly), high fructose corn syrup (food that contains high fructose corn syrup) and the car culture food (being able to obtain food in your car without needing to move). But, how can someone know if they are obese? There is a standard measurement called BMI. If a person has a greater BMI than or equal to 25 is overweight and if a BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obesity. This is very a big issue because in the long term, it affects the population’s health. A normal person should have a BMI of 18.5-24.9. Obesity keeps increasing everyday because people are not informed of how to have a well balanced daily …show more content…
This is because obese people has high blood. Obese people also have low dietary poly-unsaturated fatty acids, leading to IHD. Respiratory issues, individuals with this medical condition will experience difficulty breathing (specially when moving around or doing sports). It minimizes the activities that a person can do if they have this medical conditions such as, running, swimming and biking. This is due to the amount of body mass of an obese person, the heart has to pump more blood to all parts of the body. But also obesity can increase the risks of developing many diseases such as: Stroke, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and much more. Being obese affects your daily lifestyle and lead you to further diseases in the future due to obesity
Obesity is a problem that affects individuals of all ages. One of the main causes is technology. Although technology is a tool that is made to facilitate the lives of people, it can lead to laziness. People will start to use electronic bicycles and cars as transportation. This minimizes the mobility of an individual in a daily basis. Technology is now being used for home-delivery items online such as groceries, clothes, and food from …show more content…
Fast food (food that is prepared and served very quickly), high fructose corn syrup (food that contains high fructose corn syrup) and the car culture food (being able to obtain food in your car without needing to move). But, how can someone know if they are obese? There is a standard measurement called BMI. If a person has a greater BMI than or equal to 25 is overweight and if a BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obesity. This is very a big issue because in the long term, it affects the population’s health. A normal person should have a BMI of 18.5-24.9. Obesity keeps increasing everyday because people are not informed of how to have a well balanced daily …show more content…
This is because obese people has high blood. Obese people also have low dietary poly-unsaturated fatty acids, leading to IHD. Respiratory issues, individuals with this medical condition will experience difficulty breathing (specially when moving around or doing sports). It minimizes the activities that a person can do if they have this medical conditions such as, running, swimming and biking. This is due to the amount of body mass of an obese person, the heart has to pump more blood to all parts of the body. But also obesity can increase the risks of developing many diseases such as: Stroke, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and much more. Being obese affects your daily lifestyle and lead you to further diseases in the future due to obesity