Overweight

As one of the hardest things to continue to do is to keep students and teens actively fit and to help them continue to grow and succeed not only mentally but physically. Many students have turned to sports as a gateway to help with weight loss in their life or just being more physically fit. The generation that we live in now has become quite lazy when it comes to most things due to the fact that most students have cars and phones and gaming consoles so they do not have to go outside and find…

Over 1 in 3 American adults are obese. About the same amount of children and adolescents ages 6-19 are extremely overweight or obese. Why is this happening? What can we do to prevent this? Why is obesity more of a problem in America than some other countries? Some scientists think they've figured out why. One reason why obesity happens is our energy output is no longer balanced with our energy output. We take in energy through calories when we consume foods and drinks, when we exercise we burn…

“Today, 2.1 billion people – nearly 30% of the world’s population – are either obese or overweight” (Murray, Christopher J.L.). Obesity is an increasingly dangerous problem in current society causing various diseases and shame in an obese person. Causes vary from ingestion of more calories than are required to inactivity or to unhealthy eating patterns (The Columbia Encyclopedia). Thus people search to weight loss diets. Three of the most commercially recommended diets are the Weight Watchers…

The Importance of Physical Activity at an Early Age Many health problems can be linked back to the lack of physical activity. It is important for children to become more involved in physical activity to reduce the risk of becoming unhealthy and obtain further detrimental side effects to their well-being. In this report I will discuss the most common health problems and show evidence to support they do in fact stem from lack of physical activity. I will also show how to encourage children to be…

High Waist Circumference Obesity is one of the major determinants for developing metabolic syndorme. Research has shown that obese adults are much more likely to have metabolic syndrome compared to adults of normal weight (Palaniappan et al., 2004; Wilson, Kannel, Silbershatz, & D'Agostino, 1999). Central obesity contributes to chronic diseases such as: insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia and has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type…

besity worldwide is at an all-time high, affecting both adults and children. Australia has now been classed as the heaviest population, with figures higher than 9 million adults classified as obese or overweight (Clarke, 2010). It has been identified that the leading causes of childhood obesity can be attributed to parental characteristics; weight status and nutritional awareness of parents and parenting habits; parent encouragement and types of food available to the child and income and…

Approximately 12.7 million children in the United States are obese. Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years, and is still on the rise. School lunches have grown in size and calories, but decreased in nutrition. Many schools rely on high energy, yet low nutrient value foods to easily fill kids up. In 2010, the Obama administration decided to try and take charge of the growing issue. Policy Identification and Explanation Public…

definition of overweight is “An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9” (CDC.gov). What is obesity? The definition of obesity is “An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher” (CDC.gov). What is BMI you may ask? Well a BMI is short for Body Mass Index. To figure out what your BMI is you might want to see a doctor or they have many charts online. Focusing on the teenagers a bit, teenagers who have a higher body fat have a higher BMI. But if your muscular and have the same BMI as an overweight person…

Summary Obesity is a disorder which defines as extra amount of body fat. Nowadays, obesity is one of the serious health problems in U.S. About 78 million people live with obesity in the United States and more than 68.8% of adults considered to be overweight. Obesity has association with some diseases, including 2 type diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and depression. Finally, obesity increase inpatient and outpatient spending as well as increasing…

The first 30 minutes of the lecture by Dr. Sallis was about illustrating through a chart the overall contributors to health care, how exercise has been neglected and how important it is. Dr. Sallis discusses how he believes that “Physical inactivity is the world’s biggest health problem”. He uses the term “Exercise” and what it would be like if it was considered a drug. He mentions other brand names this drug would be called, the dosage amount and the effect it would have on pregnancy and…