Obesity

Obesity When people think of obesity, the first words that pop into their minds are probably fat, or the new popular term “thick”, but obesity has a deeper meaning than that. If a person lets it, obesity can become a disease. Two major factors that leads to obesity are one’s diet and the exercise. As is common knowledge, obesity has recently become a major problem, especially in America, but, obesity can be stopped. Obesity is a disorder involving excessive body fat that increases the risk of…

recent discussions of obesity, scholars have debated the issue of whether the cause of obesity stems from the genetic make up of an individual or if ones’ environment has subsequently caused their obesity. On one hand, K. Rajender Rao et al. argues that there seems to be several heritable traits that attribute to an individuals BMI rating which when high is a direct correlation to obesity. In the article, “Genetic & epigenetic approach to human obesity” the authors state “Human obesity, usually…

The article I chose to write about is titled “Obesity” and is written by Anup Shah. The article discusses how over time the rate of obesity has skyrocketed to extremely high rates. It addresses obesity at a global, national, local, and individual standpoint and how the rate of obesity can be lowered. Throughout the article it states the many health risks that can occur while being obese, and the various causes of obesity. Theories about obesity are plentiful, but none are specific to all…

The typical fast food meal can range from nine-hundred to one-thousand eight-hundred calories. Most children’s diets are dependable on these convenient greasy foods. These meals are one of the major causes of obesity. Obesity is the state of having excess fat in the body. Children should be more concerned with what they are eating because kids are not getting the nutrition they need, food choices can affect their choices in the future, and unhealthy food can cause major health problems. In an…

This article states that childhood obesity is widespread and growing problem in the world leading to medical, psychological, and economic problems. Taiwan has experienced an increase in child obesity the past two decades, one in every four children are considered overweight. There have been reports stating that kids watch more television than any other activity. The weight cutoff points are clear for adults, the cutoff points for defining childrens weight status can vary significantly by age and…

What is Obesity? Obesity is a very common condition affecting millions of people. Not only is obesity unhealthy, but it could be very costly, and most of all, very detrimental to your life and well-being. Please continue reading for ways you can prevent obesity, populations associated with obesity, and how to maintain a healthy life-style. Who is mostly affected? Technically speaking, everyone can become obese, including you. Obesity affects certain groups more than others. Obesity rates in…

In the words of Tom Vilsack, “The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.” Childhood obesity is a huge epidemic that is sweeping the world. There has been a major increase in obesity in the past few decades throughout the world and there are an increasing number of children and adolescents being diagnosed (Kalra, De Sousa, Sonavane, & Shah, 2012). There is no easy way to approach parents and children to discuss how they need to modify their diets and…

Childhood obesity is a very serious problem in modern day America, with the convince of fast, cheap, fatty food, and the high price and low availability of good high quality produce it’s no wonder modern Americans an obesity epidemic and the worst part is we are passing it onto our children. Our book says “Overweight parents may serve as examples of poor exercise habits, encourage overeating, and keep unhealthy foods in the home” (Rathus, 2015). We need to lead our children by example for a…

In the state of Arkansas, obesity has become a problem. It is now proven to be one of the highest obesity rates in adults of the nation. In the current year of 2014, Arkansas is known to have a 35.9 percent obesity rate as of now. These rates have increased from 17.0 percent in 1995 and 21.9 percent in 2000. As you can see Arkansas rates in obesity have increased by more than 10 percent in just the last 14 years. The obesity rates in age categories have showed that people in the age of…

Most people believe obesity in America is due to the diet of fast food joints, but I’m going to prove that genetics plays a key role in the obesity problem in America. Obesity is a problem in America. All of the fast food that American’s eat on a daily basis contributes to the obesity problem. The other contribution to the obesity problem is simply genetics and the effects of obesity. The fact of the matter is if you are overweight and your partner is overweight it is more than likely their off…