Argumentative Essay: The Issue Of Obesity

Ask any person on the street what is the one issue that consumes more than half of the nation and the answers will vary from cancer to the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Most Americans are blind to the modern day plague that consumes even the nation's youth. What is this black death that promises health complications in the future, obesity affects more than two-thirds of American adults and one-third of American children. The term obesity is defined as the condition of being grossly fat or overweight. The “American diet” of processed foods is the root of the problem. The nation's health conditions have declined since the 1970’s and reached an all time low in the early 2000’s. The solution lies within the 18-27 year olds of the country

Obesity has been a growing problem in the U.S. for more than a decade. Various reasons and theories are thrown around as to the cause of this severe problem by psychologists, dietitians, and professors trying to pinpoint a single cause. Due to America’s vast supply of resources, luxurious living standards, and moral of the country, there is no one cause for obesity contrary to advertisements offering a quick-fix drug. America’s obesity problem is rooted much deeper than just cheap fast food and poor choices. Medical conditions, influence of genes, unhealthy lifestyles, and mental illnesses are all contributors towards obesity in any one person. Obesity is a serious problem in America with multiple contributors and one lone solution

Obesity has increased in numbers rapidly over the years. It is now considered a dangerous epidemic. Variety different arguments have been considered as to why obesity has increased. Many blame it on the consumers, but can it be the fault of someone else.

More than half of adults in the United States are considered to be overweight or obese. America is becoming unhealthy and it needs to change. Adults should exercise daily. Daily exercise can stimulate happiness, prevent or delay disease, and affects health positively. First, exercise causes the brain to be more alert which has a positive impact on the human body, creating a great feeling psychologically that can be associated with happiness. The world will be a happier place with happy people. Furthermore, disease is a large epidemic today, but did you know that daily exercise can help prevent or delay disease? Doctors could diagnose their patients sooner rather than later, resulting in a healthier treatment plan and then a healthier Earth. Finally, daily exercise is just an overall helpful key to good health. The less fat an adult has on his body, the healthier he could potentially be. With that being said, hours and hours of physical activity are not needed, but as little as 15 minutes a day could benefit human lifespan. Overall, adults should exercise daily because exercise stimulates happiness, can prevent or delay disease, and affects health positively.

Today I will be discussing the issue of America becoming increasingly overweight and obese and will present a a possible way of remedying the impending epidemic.

Obesity in America is an epidemic people die from this deadly disease. As people of America, we first need to understand what does it really mean to be overweight and uncomfortable? Nutritionists classify people in today’s society as either underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese. Being obese is not just a cosmetic problem. It’s a health issue that needs to be solved. Excess body fat accumulated over a period of time is harmful and it hurts.imagine walking around holding a ten-pound weight every day, then a few weeks later that ten-pound weight turns into a 2o pound weight. That’s not a good feeling it’s very comfortable. Who wants to have shortness of breath heart problems, diabetes, wheelchair bound or bed bound? Let’s make a change for humanity and the next generations.

if you want to stick to the obesity argument you might want to think of arguments such as 'should the government be doing more to tackle the problem or is it up to the individual?' or 'How is it people can allow themselves to get that far into bad health(obesity)?' (might be more of a Psychology question though..) A good one for looking at arguments relating to the fast food industry is 'Super-Size me' that documentary, that might give you some more ideas about arguments, to look into some of the issues that Morgan Spurlock touches on, (size of food portions, advertising, health related problems of obesity, etc..)

Americans are growing wider in size and their education on health and nutrition seems to be diminishing with their waistline. Outward appearance dominates in the media for vanity reasons; however society is impacted with the obesity rates due to the rising health and financial concerns associated. Obesity causes a higher demand for healthcare since it is linked with high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, heart disease, gout, physical injuries, sleep problems, skin conditions, and cosmetic surgery. Factors such as ethnicity, income and physical location make up a person’s socio-economic status. Socio-economic statuses contribute to large parts of health factors and high rates of illnesses. Children born in certain

“A number of critics have engaged the political and practical implications that follow from cultural significance attributed to obesity (Shugart page 2).” Some reference obesity as an epidemic and others say that obesity is just a phase in an individual’s life. The media is a major factor in this epidemic. It starts with the media and then it goes along with unhealthy eating and not exercising daily. Once and individual gets down about being overweight there are many things that can happen after that. Either they work to a better diet or they become content with being overweight without being embarrassed. The path they choose is determined by their environment socially, mentally, physically, and

Obesity is a very serious subject that a lot of people take lightly, especially us as Americans. America is the most obese country in the world. Statistics show that 300,000 people die a day in the United States of America due to obesity. This clearly shows that we have a serious problem that is massively underestimated. Obesity is also something that countries all across the world suffer from. For example, Australia is also one of the most obese countries in the world, and 50,000 people die a year from obesity in Australia. That’s 140 people who die per day in Australia. To solve the problem of obesity the prices of junk food should be raised and the prices of healthy food should be lowered and more convenient.

Do you know someone who is obese? Are you, yourself obese? Obesity has become an issue of great importance for the last twenty years, and little action has been taking against obesity.  Well there’s a solution to this epidemic. In order to combat this health problem in children, we now have regulations on school lunches. Also, they no longer sell caffeinated beverages in the school vending machines. There is a solution that won’t punish those who aren’t obese, letting them eat and drink however much of whatever they want. In order to truly crack down on obesity we must distribute the food based on body weight.

While the age-old adage may read that ‘bigger is better,’ America as a whole has taken this phrase to heart in regards to its general population. In a society where food is cheap, easy to come by, and engineered to be incredibly palatable, overconsumption and unhealthy eating habits leads to an excess of calorie and fat intake. Coupled with this, the increasingly sedentary lifestyle of the average American often produces full days without physical exercise that, when combined with poor eating habits, leads to extreme weight gain and other subsequent severe health problems. America is in the throes of a public health crisis unlike that ever experienced in medical history: where the proportion of its constituents – both child and adult – that is obese is increasing at epidemic rates. First and foremost, the term “obesity” is defined by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as a measure of BMI, or Body Mass Index, which is “calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared, rounded to one decimal place.” Adults are considered obese if this BMI value equals or exceeds 30 and children are based on age- and gender-specific CDC growth charts from 2000, where obesity is categorized as reaching the 95th percentile or above (Ogden, 2014, p. 6). Likewise, the term “epidemic” implies that “a disease has increased in frequency in a defined geographic area far above its usual rate” (Riegelman, 2015, p. 136), which holds true for the American adult demographic: the CDC

Obesity has caused great dilemma in America. It was known as an adult disease. “Over two thirds of adults are over weight or obese.”(Obesity, Jerry R Ballenttne) these numbers are increasing rapidly. Obesity is not just a appearance

The issue that I chose to research about was obesity in children and why it is becoming more relevant and time continues. I chose a recent article from San Francisco Chronicle that explains a recent survey that was conducted and what their plan is to try to fix it. In this article, a national report was done comparing children and adult body mass indexes. “The 2016 National Survey of Children's Health found that 30 percent of Wisconsin children ages 10 to 17 are overweight or obese, while the state's adult rate of obesity is 31 percent” (2017). Because of these results, health officials are very concerned and are trying to fix the problem. Because of this concern, health prfessionals are trying to teach parents to start to fix the problem from home.by having parents provide a better diet and exercise routine for their children.

    Two thirds of American adults are obese or overweight. Obesity is a silent killer that is taking over the United States slowly but surely. People do not typically realize how serious obesity is and it gets joked about, humiliating those who are affected. Obesity is not a joke, it is a disease that is killing everyone’s family, friends and neighbors. Obesity alone is detrimental to the health of an individual, it causes many adverse effects to the body that are often difficult to repair or cure.