Results of this research is discussed more fully in this report, indicating that obesity in…
The obesity rate is constantly growing globally and is linked to many things such as access to exercise, food consumption, and socioeconomic status. The rise of public transportation and automobile use along with watching television has led to physical inactivity which contributes to poor health. These issues will help give a better understanding to my research paper on why the behavioral and health factors are the way they are. Due to constant technological advancements, social normality’s and patterns have been…
“The Civil War would be a tragedy for the nation, and a disaster for the South.” Stated by Sam Houston himself. Yet 65,000 Texans served. The civil war was a war between the North and the South, but why? Texans fought in the Civil War to preserve slavery, to earn state’s rights, and just for the love of Texas.…
Obesity is an epidemic in the United States. There are several risk factors from centralized obesity. According to Whitney and Sizer, “Fat that collects deep within the central abdominal area of the body, called visceral fat, poses the greatest risk with regard to: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, gallbladder disease, stroke and some kinds of cancer. (2011, page 326) However, knowing these risks that can be potentially lethal; America continues to consume more calories than needed. This paper will include the mystery of obesity; why some people struggle with weight and others do not. The psychological characteristics that coincide with obesity and how to cope with related factors that cannot be controlled. The calculations that are included for energy requirements are: gender, age, physical activity, body size and weight, and growth. If one is not using the energy requirements, hence weight gain is the result. Health related behaviors will be indentified, and the sociocultural factors that impacts obesity. Last, the lifestyle changes that are vital to live healthy and the strategies that are necessary to overcome obesity for the groups who are most affected.…
America is the most fat country that has ever been. America averages 400,000 deaths per year due to obesity. 1 in 3 people born in the year 2000 in America will be obese. In america we eat out 40% of meals, and 43% of those trips are to McDonalds. This year in Student Wellness we watched two videos about this, the videos had some similarities and some differences. In this paper I will discuss these.…
Obesity is known to be one of the most public health disorder concerned globally. Some of the factors that impact obesity socially is greater exposure to fast-food advertisements, limited access to physical activity opportunities, and poor individual choices/ lifestyle choices. Furthermore according to the article, sociodemographic (age, race, ethnicity, and language) plays a huge role in obesity. For instance, low-income families are likely to face more challenges and become obese due to not being able to eat healthy. These factors of social impact and individual choices also impact biological reasons. For example, due to an individual’s choice of living and…
INTRODUCTION: This research was performed by the Jennifer C. Collins and Jon E. Bentz who are the Lancaster General Neuropsychology Specialists. This research was conducted to know the “Behavioral and Psychological Factors in Obesity” which was published on 2009 in “The Journal of Lancaster General Hospital”. This research was conducted to identify whether the Psychological and the behavioral factors also leads to the obese condition, which cannot be controlled even after performing regular workouts and exercises.…
Most health reports indicate that obesity continues to rise in America toward an epidemic proportion. As of now you may have read or seen enormous commercials about obesity in America. From Sanjay Gupta’s essay, “Stuck on the Couch”, the author argues that the reason behind obesity is inadequate exercise. The author supports his argument by using general activities people perform on a daily basis that prevent them from exercising.. On the other hand another author, Motluk argues that we must stop blaming fat people for their size in his essay, “Supersize Me”. He states that we should blame fast food companies in Americas. Both essays explore and propose their idea on how the people and the society are having an intertwine relationship which is affecting their life.…
According to the U,S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States over the past 20 years. Obesity epidemic has affected every part of the world. When speaking about United States, more than 72 million adults are obese and there is not a single state that has an obesity rate less than 15 % (CDC Vitalsigns 2010). Among all Americans Obesity has been directly linked to hypertension, diabetes, cancer, depression and many other health problems. Each year, approximately 400.000 deaths result from obesity and its complications and costs the national economy nearly $122.9 billion annually (Menifield 2008). In addition, as of 2004, the proportion of obese adults in the U,S. reached 32% of the total population. Among adolescents, obesity has increased to 17.1% of the population between the 1999-2004 periods (Menifield 2008). This increase in prevalence has made obesity a threat to public health in United States. There are various reasons of obesity such as behavior, environment and genetic factors. One of the causes of obesity is energy imbalance. This means eating too many calories compared to physical activity. As we know that, nowadays people spend more time watching T.V and playing video games. Moreover food portion size has also increased not only at home but also in many restaurants. In addition, environment and behavior play a large role causing people to be overweight. People make decision base on their culture, values and beliefs. For example, in some culture it is not important for women to exercise or women are not allowed to go for a walk. Many community lack sidewalks, parks and public activity area and that may influence their activity level. Science indicates that genetics shows a role in obesity. Genes can directly cause obesity in disorders such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome and Prader-Willi…
This is the last process of treatment and used when they are a serious medical condition and perform by a surgeon (American obesity Association, 2005). Children should be thought at an early age about health habit. Behavior should contain physical and nutritional actives about how to prevent obese. School and Family is the main source of providing behavior. Some healthy habit to plan is family outing, physical activity for the entire family and cut time watching television. Due to time children spend in school, school need to provide a nutritional and physical active environment. United State school does not implementing healthy ways. Youth Risk Behavior, carry out a test through center for Disease control and Prevention result reflex 16 percent of high school are overweight. School need to include in their core curriculum nutritional education for all age. School food should meet USDA standard provide a choice of vegetable and fruits, new ways to prepare food and new food. A survey show five and six grade would choose healthier food if a greater availability and publicity show healthy food (Baur, 2004) School lunch should contain a choice of all five food…
We are conditioned at a young age to believe the only way to be normal is to be…
The essay threats the worldwide growing epidemic, obesity, in the United States of America. A number of components contributing to the growing issue, such as genetic & social factors, enviromental & physical factors and psychological factors, are presented and analysed. The drawn conclusions were that putting Obesity to an end will be a difficult process but could be rechable. That is if society can agree, for staters, to stop investing money on advertisment for unhealthy food and start encouraging more physical activity…
Obesity is a rising epidemic in the United States. Since the early 1970’s, the overweight population has more than doubled and has become one of the leading health problems in our country (Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2012). With this rising epidemic brings about heart disease, diabetes, and other disorders that can become deadly if not treated. An astounding two out of every three people are overweight, while one out of three people are obese (Linklater, 2006). Weight loss programs are filling up television advertisements and even reality television is focusing on extreme weight loss goals of morbidly obese individuals. Obesity is not only triggered by the ease and comfort of junk foods and fast food restaurants, but mental health issues can also trigger this disorder into a downward spiral. Nonetheless, obesity is a trend that can be prevented through proper diet, exercise, and a certain level of good mental health. Researchers are still investigating what has triggered the cause of this epidemic, which is what we will be attempting to determine in this essay.…
Obesity and overweight rates are much higher now than previous years. Obesity is no only about looking better, individuals should be aware and should try to change aspects of their life style. This epidemic affects your health, self steam, possibly discrimination, the government and health insurances. Let’s avoid a diabetes type 1 or type 2. Policy makers and public health organization can’t combat it without individual’s awareness and will. Obesity is a personal problem. Let’s eat better and change sedentary life styles,…
1. Consider the problem of obesity. Many children and adults in our society are dangerously overweight,…