Analyze How the Selected Disease Process Affects Patients, Families, and Populations in Your Community
By this point, everyone knows obesity increases medical costs for everyone through higher risk of comorbidities. This in itself is unable to provide motivation for change. Even with increased accessibility to healthy options, many people still choose to continue their current lifestyle despite innovative education. Figuring out personal triggers can make the difference towards change. Loved ones can have good intentions; however, their comments can be hurtful. These tactics that use unkind words might have the opposite effect of the anticipated goal. Snide remarks can send someone to food for comfort. People know they are obese; therefore, loved ones should quit telling them. Additionally, if they ask, it is fine to give advice. Otherwise, even with good intentions, friends and family should keep their mouths shut about obesity.
In life, people can say many beliefs, which is easier than acting on it. Reagan said, “Just say no” to drugs. That concept was easy; however, drug abuse is still rampant in the U.S. If only losing weight was simple. When the …show more content…
However, walking produces the biggest rate of return to your health. Obesity without exercise influences health the greatest negatively. If obese people exercise, research shows their prognosis as being much healthier. Evans (2011) suggests the best rate of return requires 20 to 30 minutes per day of low tech, entire-body exercise. Blair recommends 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise at least five days of the week (Larkin, 2008). This fitness level yields a 50% reduction in mortality risk. Blair defines moderate intensity exercise as walking and mildly breathless; however, the person can talk with little effort (Larkin,
By this point, everyone knows obesity increases medical costs for everyone through higher risk of comorbidities. This in itself is unable to provide motivation for change. Even with increased accessibility to healthy options, many people still choose to continue their current lifestyle despite innovative education. Figuring out personal triggers can make the difference towards change. Loved ones can have good intentions; however, their comments can be hurtful. These tactics that use unkind words might have the opposite effect of the anticipated goal. Snide remarks can send someone to food for comfort. People know they are obese; therefore, loved ones should quit telling them. Additionally, if they ask, it is fine to give advice. Otherwise, even with good intentions, friends and family should keep their mouths shut about obesity.
In life, people can say many beliefs, which is easier than acting on it. Reagan said, “Just say no” to drugs. That concept was easy; however, drug abuse is still rampant in the U.S. If only losing weight was simple. When the …show more content…
However, walking produces the biggest rate of return to your health. Obesity without exercise influences health the greatest negatively. If obese people exercise, research shows their prognosis as being much healthier. Evans (2011) suggests the best rate of return requires 20 to 30 minutes per day of low tech, entire-body exercise. Blair recommends 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise at least five days of the week (Larkin, 2008). This fitness level yields a 50% reduction in mortality risk. Blair defines moderate intensity exercise as walking and mildly breathless; however, the person can talk with little effort (Larkin,