Obesity

The issue of obesity in children has increased dramatically over the years and it will continue to increase unless action is taken. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to see overweight children who are between the ages of five and seven. Fast food restaurants, such as McDonald’s and Burger King, encourage children to eat these unhealthy foods by giving them a free toy with their meal. Schools also have an impact on children’s eating habits because it’s where they spend most of their time. Many school…

sixteen and thirty-three percent of children and adolescents suffer from obesity. Even though obesity is easy to recognize, it is not so easy to treat. Studies show that a child that is obese during the teenage years has an eighty percent chance of being obese as an adult. There are many causes of obesity. These causes include genetic factors, lack of physical activity, and unhealthy eating patterns. In rare cases, obesity can be caused by a medical issue that a teenager might have. Genetic…

What is obesity? Well it all comes down to your BMI. BMI, or Body Mass Index, is defined as weight in kilograms divided by square height in meters (World Health Organization). Being obese is defined by having a Body Mass Index of 30kg per meters squared or over (World Health Organization). The cause of this is people are eating way too many calories than they actually burn off. Our portion sizes are getting bigger and bigger and when our portion sizes grow, so do the amount of calories we put…

Obesity has become a major health problem in the United States. The number of people who are obese has continued to rise and is now in epidemic proportions. Along with the number of adults increasing, the number of children who are obese has significantly increased as well. With the increase in obesity, there has been an increase in the number of both adults and children who are developing type 2 diabetes. Obesity has many causes, some are changeable and some are not. The first possible causes…

health concern. Obesity is a leading cause of preventable deaths as well as high healthcare costs. Obesity is now recognized as a chronic disease, which has, physical and mental changes. People that are severely obese are more likely to have obesity-related comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, depression, and sleep apnea, and those contributing to certain cancers including breast and colon. (American Nurse, 2013) A1 Pathophysiology Obesity…

The American obesity epidemic is a serious thing that should not be taken lightly. We need to find why we are getting so fat and then stop it. People have many different views on why we are becoming so fat but all reasons are contributing to Americans becoming obese and we should try to eliminate all of them. Some people believe that Americans are becoming more and more obese because of their own personal choices for the food they’re eating. But you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see…

Simply put, obesity can be defined as a condition in which a person has too much body fat. It is not an issue that has recently appeared in modern times, but has been around since the ancient Egyptians, even having records of treatment dating back to the Hippocratic era. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 35% of adults in the United States are obese. Alarmingly enough, it was reported in the early 2000s that 16-18% of children and teens in the United…

children in the United States are Obese (Dietz). This is a rising statistic in today 's world of increasing fast food availability and advertisement. Obesity increases the chance of a heart attack, the longer someone is obese increases the odds of having a heart attack (Fontaine). As obesity becomes more common in children and adults, then the risks of obesity problems will increase (Dietz). There are many behaviors that obese people have that may determine the spreading of where the body fat is…

Obesity in Childhood Approximately twenty-two million children under five years of age are overweight across the world and at risk being overweight in adulthood. Being healthy is important aspect in life for adults and children. Since children are the future it is significant to concentrate on our children of the world to be healthy. According to dictionary.com the adjective definition of overweight is “weighing too much or more than considered normal.” Overweight can be consider as being obese,…

Currently, one of the biggest problems that society faces is the high rates of obesity. Obesity is simply defined as an abnormal state of health or an excessive accumulation of fat in the fatty tissues (adipose tissue) of the body, which can be a serious danger to health. The underlying cause is a positive energy balance, which results in weight gain, that is when the calories consumed exceed the calories that are spent. It affects a third of the world's population, reveals a study conducted by…