The incidence of obesity is increasing worldwide‚ “more than 1 billion adults overweight at least 300 million of them clinically obese.” (PUSKA‚ NISHIDA and PORTER‚ 2003). Obesity reduce the overall quality of life. It poses a major risk for serious diet related chronic diseases‚ including heart disease‚ type 2 diabetes‚ stroke‚ and some types of cancer and it is associated with poorer mental health outcomes and premature death. Enjoying a better diet to reduce obesity and increase the overall
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A study indicated that boys spending more than 1.5 hours on television and playing games were 75.4% more at risk of overweighting than those who spent less than 1.5 hours (Carvalhal MM‚Padez MC‚Moreira PA‚Rosado VM‚’Overweight and obesity related to activities in Portuguese children‚7-9 years’‚June 2006).In addition‚in 2011‚other study conducted that playing games led teens to raise food intake in teenagers.This means that when they were attracted by games‚they paid less attention to food.Thus‚they
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In the article “Is Obesity a Disease?” author Carey Rossi takes a firm position that obesity is a disease that can have many causes. She states that obesity can be caused by endocrine or genetic disorders. She then asserts that obesity is mostly caused from inactivity and overeating and that it can directly affect your emotions very easily. She also sees the other side of the debate with the words of a doctor‚ Marianne Legato. Dr. Legato states that obese patients need to be counseled because of
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not and obesity is a serious health issue throughout Australia. Obesity does not only have an impact on the physical sector of health but has on all aspect of health in a way. Obesity weakens nearly every quality of wellbeing. “Someone who is 40% overweight is twice as likely to die prematurely as is an average-weight person” (Information on Health Risks Associated with Obesity at MedicineNet.com‚ 2016). Obesity results from overeating food and consuming more calories than needed. The body stores
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Blount Disease Provide an overall summary describing what the condition is. Blount disease is a disorder that affects the bones of the lower legs. This can cause the bones to bow outward. It is more common in kids under the age of 4 and in teens. In some younger kids they are often affected in both legs and in teens only one leg is affected. It can affect people at any time in the growing process. What is the cause of this disorder? Doctors believe that it is because of obesity. It is
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Obesity can shorten life in eight years The most significant losses in life expectancy are young adults between 20 and 29 years old. Why stevia is a good substitute for sugar? Obesity can shorten life in eight years Overweight affects the world approximately 1‚400 million people over 20 years (Photo: AFP) AFP. Obesity and severe obesity can shorten up to eight years life expectancy and even in the nineteen lived in a state of good health among those concerned‚ according to a study published Friday
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Typically‚ a healthy BMI is considered to be between 18.5 and 24.9 (kg/m2)‚ underweight people have a BMI under 18.5 (kg/m2)‚ an overweight BMI is between 25 and 29.9 (kg/m2)‚ and obesity is above 30 (kg/m2) (Johansson et al.‚ 2014; Ong et al.‚ 2014). Extensive research is being conducted to determine the effect that a high or low BMI has in regard to risk of fracture. Several studies
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approach to battling obesity‚ before the root of the problem is made clear. Who is responsible and who is to blame? Perhaps it is the parents‚ or maybe the government as a whole‚ or the actual companies that produce the fast food and market it to children. All these questions are relevant to the Guardian’s article “How Britain got fat” by Sarah Boseley. The article begins with a teenager called Georgia Davis; they demolish her house in order to get her
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have a cough these days‚ it’s because you’re over weight‚ if you are depressed‚ it’s because you’re overweight‚ you pass out‚ it’s because you are fat; fat is emphatically not beautiful. Carter describes her experience with anorexia as ‘the last resort of the impotent‚ and the protracted attempted suicide by narcissism’ so why is this ‘attempted suicide’ more beautiful than a fairly healthy overweight woman? I just don’t understand – women endanger their lives in a bid to be thin by compulsive fasting
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Jeni Hewitt English 101 Mr. B 17 March 2013 Do you exercise? Obviously exercise is important and has many benefits. When the word exercise is mentioned‚ what comes to mind? Some people believe that exercise is more of a health and heart thing. Some believe exercise is more for appearance and the way one looks. While others believe exercise is for psychological reasons. Exercising is important for a lot of things dealing with the body. Most all benefits of exercise are helpful for the
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