Obesity in Todays Society

Obesity is an important issue that must be addressed because it can cause health issues or even death in those who suffer from its effects. In obesity there can be many situations in which there have been health concerns in a person, and the outcome equaling to obesity. Obesity can harm a person in many ways may it be self-esteem, health-related or even fatality. Though many people do not take it serious it can be the reason for the increasing number of obesity rising in the society today. Many adults and parents do not see the dangerous sides to eating fast foods and junk foods. This kind of food is being fed to children and teenagers and causing many problems to them with risks of early health issues and low self-esteem issues with the weight gain. According to the Mayoclinic.com (2009), “Obesity is defined as having an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity is more than just a cosmetic concern, though. It increases your risk of diseases and health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.” With having these known facts, why would people advance on gaining excessive weight. Self-motivation is a hard issue to accomplish for many people and can be why they prefer to ignore the problem and continue to keep eating unhealthy and not exercising. Exercising is a great deal to the human body and can cause a great difference in a person’s health. Exercising can be done in many ways and not even hard to accomplish, such as a small walk around the block to begin with, something the whole family can do together. Sit ups and crunches can be done at home while watching TV, using cans from the kitchen cupboards to lifts as small weights. All these exercising are great just to start off with.

Weight gain is a very important issue in today’s society. The statistics from the past years are proving the increase from year to year on teens, children, and adults and their weight gains. For example, according to the Center for Disease Control

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