Obesity is a serious problem in the United States and has increased rapidly over the last few years. Obesity has a lot of other potential health risks or problems that have a great economic impact on the health care system today. The diseases that are associated with obesity are high blood pressure‚ strokes‚ heart attacks‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis. Obese patients’ health care cost and out of pocket spending is expected to increase with the rise of obesity. According to a study of national costs
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Obesity‚ a Public or a Private Matter. Alexis Garrett 09/17/2014 ENG 122 Lisa Clark There is an abundance of articles stating obesity as an epidemic. In order to define obesity an understanding of the term "epidemic" is needed. An epidemic is a widespread occurrence or outbreak of an infectious disease. In this paper I will address the follow questions. When did eating too many big macs while sitting on the couch become infectious? Has the meaning of the word changed to fit in with the
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Childhood Obesity in America Introduction Childhood obesity in the United States of America has become one of the major health concerns for the nation. Diabetes‚ cancer‚ psychological problems as well as heart diseases are just but a few of the many health problems that come with obesity in children. However‚ childhood obesity is an issue that is preventable‚ treatable as well as can be managed with great effectiveness despite many thousands of people across the world and in America continues to
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Poverty on the Obesity Epidemic The occurrence of obesity has become so pervasive in the United States that it is now considered an epidemic. Obesity affects about fifty percent of adults and about twenty five percent of children in the U. S. alone (Simone‚ Story‚ Jeffery par. 1).While there are several factors that contribute to obesity‚ a large concern is environmental influence. There is a direct relationship between inexpensive‚ processed‚ fast foods‚ poverty and high levels of obesity. In the past
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Causes of Childhood Obesity Obesity is a superfluous amount of fat in the body. Obesity happens when a person’s body receives many more calories than it can burn by itself during the day. In other words it means that people eat generous helpings of processed food; moreover‚ this food can consist of a lot of cholesterol‚ which is extremely dangerous for the human body. Childhood obesity today has grown rapidly and has become a disturbing epidemic in many countries in the past few decades. Studies
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Mexico the parents make their children eat and eat and they become obese. Second‚ Jen Kelaidis says that‚ “Obesity rates in children have more than tripled in the past three decades” (qtd. The Week‚ art. 240554 par. 4). For example‚ everywhere you turn your head there is an obese child in Mexico. Also‚ Oliver Mytton says that‚ “In America a 20 percent tax and sugary beverages would reduce obesity levels by 3.5 percent” (qtd. The Week art. 240554 par. 11). For instance‚ parents let children eat junk
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Report on Obesity in Hong Kong 1. Introduction We are now living in an economically prosperous society and enjoying much higher living standards than ever before. However‚ while we benefit from these nice conditions‚ there are also some arising concerns. One of these problems is obesity‚ which has a variety of causes‚ but is likely related to our new way of life. This report is going to focus on the obesity problem in Hong Kong‚ and will discuss four possible causes and offer reasonable solutions
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Children obesity in the UK Obesity‚ which is defined as ‘abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health’‚ nowadays is a growing problem in most developed countries and is responsible for a significant degree of morbidity and mortality in the world. This phenomenon‚ in last decade‚ widely spread especially in the United States of America‚ has recently affected western part of Europe as well. Obesity in adults has been an increasing problem for many years. However
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Obesity: Strictly Societal or Positively Personal? “If two heads are better than one‚ then what about double chins? On that note‚ I’ll help myself to seconds.” –Jarod Kints Obesity is a whopping contributing factor to over 360‚000 deaths in the U.S each year. Unfortunately‚ that number continues to rise. Americans tend to blame everyone else for their condition‚ (Fast food‚ high fructose corn syrup‚ etc..) and are unable to take personal responsibility. So who is to blame for
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Since the 1980s‚ the worldwide obesity rate has more than doubled (World Health Organization‚ 2015). Today‚ 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 10 children are diagnosed as clinically obese (WHO‚ 2015). The global trend of obesity is consistent within Canada‚ with over 20.2 percent of the adult population classified as obese‚ which translates to 5.3 million individuals (Statistics Canada‚ 2014). This striking weight increase over time has developed into what is known as an obesity ‘epidemic’. According to the World
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