Cause of obesity In fact‚ obesity is usually caused by unhealthy eating combined with sustained lack of activity. When the amount of calories intake is larger than the amount you need for your daily activities‚ it will be stored as fat in your body. And the problem of obesity will gradually develop. You may wonder what the main reason of obesity is. As a matter of fact‚ disorder in eating habits is the main cause of the problem. If you do not try to control the amount and kind of food you
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and Cons of Junk Food? Junk food industry is taking off these days‚ which incites both young and old. There are various pros and cons of junk food. Junk food such as fries and pizzas are tantalizing for everyone. Junk foods are filled with calories and fats without nutritional values. One benefit of fast food is that you can walk in‚ order and eat. For the modern youth‚ vegetables and fruits are not that appealing as compared to junk food such as pizzas and fries. Junk foods are delectable and
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Fast food Today‚ with improvement of living standards‚ taxes of government are rising and becoming diverse. The government collects taxes for keeping their countries sustainable development and Shortening the gap between rich and poor. This essay will focus on one of common taxes‚ ‘fast food tax’. Fast food refers to a kind of food‚ which can be cooked and served quickly and conveniently. In this essay‚ I will discuss when the government rises tax of food‚ how the supply change in Australian market
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Americans’ obesity has rapidly increased because of advanced technology and Americans’ lack of self control. Obesity has been designated as a global epidemic by the World Health Organization since 1998 and is one of the most common chronic illnesses for both adults and children (WHO). The American Obesity Association states that currently 64.5% of adult Americans and 45.6% of American children are categorized as overweight or obese‚ which means they have too much body fat (AOA). What causes this increasingly
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Fast food is a trend that is feverishly catching on with our generation. This is mainly because of our fast paced lives in an increasingly competitive society. As the world progresses‚ everyone gets hard-pressed for time‚ making a huge population of the modern day families to turn to fast food and ready-made meals. They no longer seem to have time in the day to sit down and cook a meal for themselves and their families. As the name suggests‚ fast food can be prepared fast and can conveniently be
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Fast Food Nowdays many people prefer to eat fast foods instead of healthy foods. The reason why people enjoy fast foods are because food comes out faster than any other food‚ Mostly simillar speed to microwaving food‚ It is one of the conveniest way to get food. However in the same time fast food is contributing big problem‚ not only in US‚ All over the world‚ which is obesity. Obesity is a medical disorder in which body fat has gathered to such an extent that it may have a negative effect on the
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March 10‚ 2015 Fast Food & Obesity who’s to blame? According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Approximately 129.6 million Americans‚ or 64 percent‚ are overweight or obese‚ In 2000‚ 400‚000 - one in 700 Americans - deaths were related to eating badly and physical inactivity". Fast food is both easily accessible and cheap which influences higher rates of people towards eating it‚ Widening America ’s obesity rate and diseases that come with it. Healthier foods are less protonate
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Fast Food Is Linked to Obesity and Other Serious Health Problems Fast Food ‚ 2009 Seth Stern is a staff writer at The Christian Science Monitor. Despite the fact that nutritional information about fast food is readily available‚ many fast food chains are taking the blame for the rise in obesity and other health problems across the nation. Some lawyers are considering the possibility that fast food chains could be held accountable for the health consequences of eating their food. The chains could
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1/3/14 International Journal of Obesity - Fast food: unfriendly and unhealthy Debate I nternational Journal of Obesity (2 007 ) 31‚ 887 –89 0; doi:1 0.1 03 8/sj.ijo.0803 6 1 6 ; published online 2 4 April 2 007 Fast food: unfriendly and unhealthy S Stender1‚ J Dyerberg1 and A Astrup2 1 Departm ent of Clinical Biochem istry ‚ Gentofte Hospital Univ ersity of Copenhagen‚ Copenhagen‚ Denm ark of Hum an Nutrition‚ Centre for Adv anced Food Studies‚ Faculty of Life Sciences‚ Univ ersity
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teenagers are exposed to the risk of having obesity. There is no sign to show that the statistics decline. It even rises to an alarming level. Obesity can be defined as having a high amount of extra body fat. The most useful measure of obesity is Body Mass Index (BMI). It is based on height and weight of an adult‚ a child and a teen. The higher the BMI value‚ the higher the risk of disease. If the BMI ranges from 30.0 to 39.9‚ one is in obese. Obesity may cause by unbalanced diet‚ lack of exercise‚ lack
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