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    Obesity rates 2050

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    Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has stated that Obesity can contribute to a range of problems‚ including heart disease‚ type 2 diabetes‚ osteoarthritis and some cancers. 1 Obesity is caused by primarily eating too much and doing little or no physical activity. Obesity develops over time‚ we don’t wake up one morning suddenly obese‚ it happens slowly and once established has a detrimental effect on our health. The definition of obesity is a term used to describe someone who is very overweight

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    Child obesity is a constitutional issue that is growing among society. Studies show that schools have been making some development improving the school food and physical activity environments‚ however much more work is needed. Should the government become involved with this issue or is this a personal problem and responsibility? This is the first generation with a life expectancy less than their parents. These children will suffer physical and mental challenges that will stay with them for the rest

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    Fast Food and Obesity

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    Fast Foods Effect on Obesity Now a days‚ fast food is becoming a cheap and yet a popular way for people who are too busy to cook. But the cheap price of the fast food is nothing in comparison to the true price that these people are paying. Every 4 out of 10 adults in the USA will become obese in the next 5 years if they keep eating this food the way they are. Eating fast food like this is causing major health risks. Since this food is so cheap‚ it makes it convenient for people to go out and get

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    is important because obesity is problem in the U.S. This could be because of healthy foods being more expensive than fatty foods. This discourages people from eating healthy and they start to only choose the cheap alternative and always choose fatty foods. Many people also don’t exercise as much as they should. This is a problem that affects many in the U.S. because of obesity. One in five people in America are obese. This evidence proves that America has a serious obesity problem that affects

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    Chronic Disease: Obesity

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    Chronic Diseases have been highlighted by the recent Health Care Reform Bill due to its impact on U.S. health care system. Obesity‚ though‚ has been hiding in the lime-light of other chronic diseases and should be addressed. “Obesity has become a major health concern. 1 in every 3 adults is obese and almost 1 in 5 youth between the ages of 6 and 19 is obese (BMI ≥ 95th percentile of the CDC growth chart).” (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) According to Centers

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    Stopping Obesity in America Should America keep allowing obesity to exist or should obesity be stopped? Everyday you wake up and take a look around‚ you notice that almost everyone you see is overweight. Obesity needs to be stopped‚ because it does not contribute to any factor to help live a good life. Being Obese can only cause bad health and even death. When turning on your TV you see commercials that show food like Burger King and Mc Donald’s taken to increase the obesity rate in America. Today

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    An Essay About Obesity

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    An Essay About Obesity How Metabolic Rate Changes With Caloric Intake The processing of food is a choreographed dance between the hormones and peptides of appetite and satiation; brain and digestive organs‚ and the neural communication pathways that conduct the messages between the two. Essentially‚ there are two phases of metabolic activity: Hunger (defined as “the internal impulse for food seeking”) and satiation (defined as “the feeling of fullness or satiation”) (Breedlove‚ Watson & Rosenzweig

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    Summary Prewriting Theme: Health/Wellness Topic: Childhood Obesity Prevention Title: Childhood obesity‑an insight into preventive strategies Intended audience: The intended audience is parents that have obese children and parents that are concerned about their children’s health and welfare in the future. Writer’s background: Subhranshu Sekhar Kar‚ Rajani Dube1‚ Sitanshu Sekhar Kar All of the writers are medical doctors‚ which include Departments of Pediatrics‚ and Obstetrics and Gynecology‚ Medical

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    very important to short and long term health and well being of children. In short term physical activity it helps the children to build up their muscles‚ develop their skeletal frame and develops the heart and function‚ it also helps to prevent obesity in children. If children get enough physical activity during the day can help children to get to sleep easier and for a longer period of time. The outdoor environment helps the well being of children‚ because it makes it makes them feel free which

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    Fast Food and Obesity

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    Fast Food and Obesity In today’s society‚ fast food has become a large part of many American’s lives. With the rising numbers of obese people‚ it is hard not to draw a correlation between the increase in fast food and obesity. Most obese people don’t want to be obese and wish they could lose weight‚ yet they continue to struggle with their fast food intake and obesity. This is due to the advertising done on the consumers‚ the highly addictive food itself‚ and most importantly‚ how advertising

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