Obesity: What it is and What are the Problems it Brings in People and Society
Obesity: What it is and What are the Problems it Brings in People and Society
“Obesity is a drain on the economy - we have to pay for the health care of fat people who are usually poor and can 't afford insurance. Obesity is, well, bad.” – Emily Levine
Obesity is a risk-factor for the most common nowadays diseases, as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, some carcinomas, degenerative diseases of weight bearing joints (spine, hips, knees), and present a huge medical and social problem, as well. It causes not only somatic but mental problems as well, especially in females and younger persons. Some of them undergo risky weight reducing methods, surgical procedures, etc., to reduce their body weight and to release mentally stressing body deformities. (Biscevic et al., 2007)
Obesity is one of the current and major issue that challenges both people and societies globally. It is a condition wherein someone’s weight is over and that of, it threatens his/her health and life. Obesity usually results from compulsive eating of foods containing high amounts of salt, sugar or fat and lack of exercise.
As stated above, obesity does not only affect people. It does impact the society too, in some ways. But before defining and explaining the problems it generates, knowing the roots and reasons why obesity exists, will clarify what it is all about with this global’s major concern.
Chronic food shortage and malnutrition have been the scourge of humankind from the dawn of history. The current worldwide epidemic of obesity, now recognized as a public health crisis, is barely a few decades old. Only after the technological advances of the eighteenth century did a gradual increase in food supply became available. The initial effect of these advances in improved public health and amount, quality, and variety of food was increased longevity and body size. These early favorable outcomes of technological advances notwithstanding, their incremental effect since the Second
“Obesity is a drain on the economy - we have to pay for the health care of fat people who are usually poor and can 't afford insurance. Obesity is, well, bad.” – Emily Levine
Obesity is a risk-factor for the most common nowadays diseases, as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, some carcinomas, degenerative diseases of weight bearing joints (spine, hips, knees), and present a huge medical and social problem, as well. It causes not only somatic but mental problems as well, especially in females and younger persons. Some of them undergo risky weight reducing methods, surgical procedures, etc., to reduce their body weight and to release mentally stressing body deformities. (Biscevic et al., 2007)
Obesity is one of the current and major issue that challenges both people and societies globally. It is a condition wherein someone’s weight is over and that of, it threatens his/her health and life. Obesity usually results from compulsive eating of foods containing high amounts of salt, sugar or fat and lack of exercise.
As stated above, obesity does not only affect people. It does impact the society too, in some ways. But before defining and explaining the problems it generates, knowing the roots and reasons why obesity exists, will clarify what it is all about with this global’s major concern.
Chronic food shortage and malnutrition have been the scourge of humankind from the dawn of history. The current worldwide epidemic of obesity, now recognized as a public health crisis, is barely a few decades old. Only after the technological advances of the eighteenth century did a gradual increase in food supply became available. The initial effect of these advances in improved public health and amount, quality, and variety of food was increased longevity and body size. These early favorable outcomes of technological advances notwithstanding, their incremental effect since the Second
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