Salem AlGuthmi Grammar/ Writing 104 October 23‚ 2013 Obesity America is spending $ 150‚000‚000‚000 on obesity related diseases per year. Obesity is an increasing problem in the United States for many causes such as people not knowing how to eat‚ not knowing what’s in food and misleading marketing. One of the biggest problem of obesity is that people don’t know how to eat food. Most people are uneducated about the food they eat. For example‚ people don’t know about calories
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living in more dense environments‚ in cities where they are removed from traditional food sources and dependent on an industrial food supply‚" says Neville Rigby‚ director of policy and public affairs for the International Association for the Study of Obesity. Modernization is causing countries with small populations and few resources to depend on imported‚ often over-processed food. "The Western diet overwhelms‚ and many people are not genetically engineered to cope with this‚" says Rigby. Countries
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humiliating for the overweight people. Maybe to better comprehend this law or policy we need to know what obesity is and what causes this condition. The dictionary definition of obesity refers to it as a medical condition whereby surplus body fat has accumulated to the point that it may have adverse health effects‚ leading to a reduced life expectancy and increased health problems (Brethauer SA 19). Obesity is calculated using the Body mass index (BMI) which compares height and weight. A person is defined
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or fast food (Allison). Obesity is the “abnormal accumulation of body fat‚ usually twenty percent or more over an individual ’s ideal body weight” (Greenblatt). Obesity is becoming an overwhelming epidemic in America. It is more prevalent in African Americans‚ American-Indians‚ and children (Richards). In fact‚ nearly two out of three Americans are overweight or obese and the number of overweight children has tripled over the last twenty years (Greenblatt). Due to obesity‚ there are many deaths or
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Carrasco Eng. IV April 2‚ 2013 Pd. 2nd OBESITY Different factors that cause obesity now-a-day are harming our society/community. Obesity ranges from lack of exercise to eating more food than needed. Also‚ the bad habits that people get of eating junk food or unhealthy food. Though eating a lot of healthy food can also cause obesity. According to research these factors can cause obesity in any age range and gender. Initially‚ in teenagers obesity happens because of fast foods. It is easier
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Obesity‚ especially among children‚ has become more and more serious in this decade. Children nowadays live a sedentary lifestyle. They are on studies and no time to do exercise. As a result‚ many of them are overweight. Obesity can be a serious problem as it badly affects children’s growth and lead to many serious health problems like diabetes and heart disease. As the saying goes‚ ‘Prevention is better than cure‚’ so‚ in this essay‚ I will discuss three possible solutions to the problem. First
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cheapest priced food while maximizing their profits. These fast food restaurants provide the consumers‚ to which they cater to‚ with tasty calorie dense food that is unhealthy‚ and consumed on a regular basis. All of these variables have resulted in the obesity pandemic that we are fighting today. It is twelve o’clock on a Monday. Lunchtime has arrived and you see most of the employees in the office go out to lunch at the closest and cheapest restaurant. They walk into the burger king across the street
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that Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. we need to re-evaluate the importance of healthy eating. By increasing awareness of the obesity epidemic in America we can begin to reverse the trend in weight gain. Obesity is defined as a measure of Body Mass Index (BMI) - a ratio of weight to height that is calculated by the following formula: BMI = weight (kg) ÷ height (m). With an unexplained and escalating prevalence over the past three decades‚ obesity has
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Obesity occurs when a person’s weight is far above his ideal body weight. It has become a major problem in many countries‚ and it is even expected that in the USA‚ average expectancy will soon begin to drop sharply for the first time in 200 years because of an epidemic of obesity. In this essay‚ I will examine some of the causes and effects of obesity in the UAE. Obesity is a complex phenomenon‚ but the main causes can be grouped into three headings: poor food choice‚ lack of exercise‚ and lack
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