Obesity is now not only an epidemic in America but a worldwide public-health crisis with increasing high cost for the economy and poor medical consequences. Recent study shows that more than 90% of people asked say that individuals and parents are somewhat or completely to blame for the rise of obesity. But what make one person more or less responsible than other. When we divide the world into groups according to their gender, income, background, race, we can see a clear difference that would hardly be explained based mainly on personal cognition. The fact that environment and the socioeeconomic 's bond was so close knit that create such "fast food culture", such word imply a long established behavior and mentality, make it harder for consumers
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Most people would say that the food are less fat, fresh veggie and meat are accessible everywhere, fast food companies doesn 't advertise as much and fast food are actually much pricier, etc. Most of the reasons that were used emphasized on environmental factor, on the farming, history, economy. Another explanation is that many Asians think that obesity is the sign of lacking of personal responsibility. But that 's even more complicated in America, stigmas and prejudices against overweight are issues that say it 's wrong to say people fat, or say because they are obese they must then lazy and have no control over themselves whatsoever. The sense of responsibility and choices that people make are much guided by cultural notions. It is important to use cultural factors to explain how the representations of obesity is a result of multiple aspects including food culture, government policies and marketing …show more content…
This trend is now moving rapidly to developing countries namely China and Mexico (Caballero, 2007). It seemed like a well known fact that obesity is a problem affecting only the wealthiest nations, but recent study shows that even developing countries are increasingly plagued by the expansion of waistlines. History perspective offer an overall pattern of weight gain that has been affected by industrialization, urbanization and globalization. Urbanization and globalization of processing, selling and marketing are factors that are closely associated with the spread of obesity epidemic over the world. Developed countries with established urban planning see the negative impacts of a food environment through poorer diets and less physical activities, which mostly due to the increasing exposure to mass media and densely populated areas. Rise in obesity rate correlates highly with urbanization and globalization. Food environment changes significantly because of the intensive market exploitation in developing countries. People in Asia are in rapid transition to capitalism and cannot realize and aware the effects of its to food environment, thus vulnerable to obesity epidemic. Under rapid economic development, the trend in workforce and family structures changed accordingly with the active
Most people would say that the food are less fat, fresh veggie and meat are accessible everywhere, fast food companies doesn 't advertise as much and fast food are actually much pricier, etc. Most of the reasons that were used emphasized on environmental factor, on the farming, history, economy. Another explanation is that many Asians think that obesity is the sign of lacking of personal responsibility. But that 's even more complicated in America, stigmas and prejudices against overweight are issues that say it 's wrong to say people fat, or say because they are obese they must then lazy and have no control over themselves whatsoever. The sense of responsibility and choices that people make are much guided by cultural notions. It is important to use cultural factors to explain how the representations of obesity is a result of multiple aspects including food culture, government policies and marketing …show more content…
This trend is now moving rapidly to developing countries namely China and Mexico (Caballero, 2007). It seemed like a well known fact that obesity is a problem affecting only the wealthiest nations, but recent study shows that even developing countries are increasingly plagued by the expansion of waistlines. History perspective offer an overall pattern of weight gain that has been affected by industrialization, urbanization and globalization. Urbanization and globalization of processing, selling and marketing are factors that are closely associated with the spread of obesity epidemic over the world. Developed countries with established urban planning see the negative impacts of a food environment through poorer diets and less physical activities, which mostly due to the increasing exposure to mass media and densely populated areas. Rise in obesity rate correlates highly with urbanization and globalization. Food environment changes significantly because of the intensive market exploitation in developing countries. People in Asia are in rapid transition to capitalism and cannot realize and aware the effects of its to food environment, thus vulnerable to obesity epidemic. Under rapid economic development, the trend in workforce and family structures changed accordingly with the active