Article Analysis: 'Obesity' By Robert Kiener

In this research paper we will be looking at the topic of obesity and the social ramifications that it holds. We will first look at obesity in a broad way. Then we will focus on obesity and its effects on children. And finally, obesity and adulthood will be covered. The topic of obesity is important to the field of sociology because obese people make up a significant portion of the world’s population. In addition, the manner in which obese people are treated has a significant effect on society as a whole.

On the other hand, not all cases of childhood obesity are a result of external forces. In some cases a child’s problem with their weight is mainly a genetic problem. In this case even the healthiest of habits may not be enough to prevent a child from becoming obese. (American Obesity Association) Yet the dramatic increase of overweight adolescents in the past few decades has clearly not been a result of genetics, but rather has in fact been do to poor health habits.

Obesity is defined as a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduce life expectancy and/or increased health problems. “The problem of obesity is increasing in the United States. Understanding the impact of social inequalities on health has become a public health priority in the new millennium. Social, political, and economic factors now are acknowledged to be "fundamental" causes of disease that affect behavior, beliefs, and biology.” (Goodman, 2003)  In the United States today, obesity has become an enormous problem. In the last 3 decades, the number of people overweight has increased dramatically. Obesity has not always been seen as a medical

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 is one of the main topics in America including one of the main reasons of death.-(begin with a subject) Detecting obesity is easy, but treating it can be very hard to do. Never have there have been so many teens and children not only overweight but obese. In some ways, it could be called the plague of the twenty- first century due to adolescents and teenagers indulging themselves in a plethora of food for every meal they have, therefore becoming overweight and morbidly obese. In the eighteen hundreds there was not a fast food place to go to unlike these days, so children were not obese like they are

3. When Berlant refers to the "racialization of obesity," she is speaking on a societal focus on stigmatizing individuals whose identities intersect between race and fatness (Berlant 774) Anna Mollow touches on as much in her article, "Sized Up." In regard to Berlant, Mollow writes, "queer theorist Lauren Berlant ... contributes to the stigma of fatness—and perhaps, inadvertently, to race and class prejudice as well—as she worries over 'subproletarian Americans' and people of color succumbing to a 'slow death' from obesity" (Mollow 3). That is to say, Mollow is pointing out how society's focus on eradicating obesity specifically targets women of color, or specifically, Latinx and African-American communities. Mollow likens this targeting to

The sociological aspect of obesity shown through the impact of families, the government and the economy. The rapidly growing, fast-paced, technological society creates an epidemic of sorts. Families pursue the use of technology, restaurants and fast-paced eating as well as single parenting and parental denial. The government sets a significant health care cost to obesity, which prevents a solution and increases risks. A non-stable economy brings about a society filled with unemployment or multiple jobs as well as both parents working to stay above absolute or relative poverty leading to distractions from a healthy lifestyle. Obesity is a concern, not just for an individual but also for

Scientists know that before a child is born he or she can have predetermined nutrition and physical abilities, which can result in obesity if the issues are not properly managed. Based on the published journal, The Lancet, which is a study that looked at global, regional, and national body mass index patterns among adults, states that the number of people who are underweight have fallen slightly compared to those who are obese (Sifferlin). The sociological imagination helps us understand why the solution to obesity is far beyond any “range of opportunities open to any one individual” when personal weight has been added in and proven to be a public cost (Mills

Much has been written to explain the medical aspect of obesity but little attention has been paid to understanding the sociological aspect of the epidemic. This research attempts to understand the sociological aspect of obesity by examining the socio-cultural, gender, and psycho-social effects and includes the different perceptions of the epidemic as well as what is deemed acceptable in the society we live in.

Obesity is a growing problem in America. There are many reasons obesity is growing rapidly such as genetics, physical inactivity, nutrition, medications, diseases, and psychological factors, just to name a few. Something that does not come to mind when speaking about obesity is genetics. But believe it or not, genetics does play a role in obesity just like other causes aforementioned above. Because obesity is a growing problem in America, it is important to understand and act upon its many causes, helping put an end to the sicknesses and deaths derived from it. Many would assume obesity is a result of poor eating habits and lack of exercise, but genetics also play into the issue. This essay will discuss two types of obesity which

Many people disagree with the claim that there is actually a stigma around obese people and whether or not obesity should be viewed as a disease. Some people are argue that since there isn’t a clear cure for obesity, then it should not be considered a disease. This denial of the severity of obesity contributes to the stigma that comes with being obese because the general population begins to think that there is no hope for the obese population. Amanda Spake comments on this issue when she talks about how insurance agencies will not cover treatments because they don’t know if they are effective or not. She writes, “The health insurance industry argues that obesity treatments can’t be covered because there is no evidence of effectiveness” (Spake

To start, let’s define the term “obesity”. The most obvious definition is “excessive body fat”. Author J. Clinton states in, Understanding Childhood Obesity, the ideal method of defining obesity from a medical perspective would be to match a child’s or young adult’s weight with the undesirable outcomes-such as heart attacks-experienced by the person later on in life (Clinton 118). Some scientist say the number of health problems due to obesity are relatively small when compared to other chronic conditions such as asthma (Clinton 24). There are many that would argue that it is not a small problem and it should not be devalued especially when study after study shows that the obesity numbers in adults and youth steadily are rising year over year. In fact, those numbers have tripled in adolescents in the past 30yrs and many are concerned about the effects of processed food on a child’s overall health.

The topic that I have chosen to look at is obesity. The aim of this topic is to find out whether “the ignorance of genetics as a contra factor of obesity”. I have chosen to look at this topic because obesity is concerns me. Obesity has always been a bid debate for a long time now and I was intrigued to find out more about the topic and the cause of obesity. The fact that obesity has made deadlines news in recent years. There are a lot of misconceptions about obesity such as overweight is caused by a sow metabolism. There have been a lot of beliefs and myths about obesity in society today and he above myths is on of them. According to Donnellan (1998) ‘ ‘people who are overweight have told their doctors that they eat no more and

The first article i'm writing is a non satirical article. “For many obese adults, the die cast was by the time they were 5 years old.” This quote supports my detail because obesity starts really early. Parents don't pay attention then the kids start getting bigger and bigger. “The main message is that obesity is establish early in life, and that is basily tracks through adolescence to adulthood. This author is talking about how serious obesity is because obesity can lead to a lot of things. This is what the non-satirical article said.

Although throughout the years many people have claimed that obesity is a genetic disorder for the most part; results of recent studies strongly indicate that lifestyles rather than genetics are what are causing an obese society, because people choose to not exercise, not watch their diet, and eat fast food.