Misconceptions Of The Human Body

Sugar addiction is a problem that has been in our society for many years. In today's world this type of addiction is being composed into drinks. Sugary drinks are found everywhere from local stores, to in home refrigerators. Sodas, juices, and energy drinks, all fall under unhealthy remedies to thirst. Sugar addiction can only restrain us from accomplishing healthy goals in life. Sugary drinks can lead to harming one's body. Over the past few years, many cities and states have considered taxing sodas and other sugary beverages. Sugary drinks must be tax due to its unhealthy components and addiction.

Obesity is usually defined by using the body mass index (BMI). A persons BMI is worked out by dividing the persons weight in kilograms by their height in meters squared. To be classified as obese a person’s BMI will be equal to or over 30. (CDC, 2015)

The American diet is based mostly in processed food which contains enormous amount of sugar. The excessive consumption of sugar can cause diseases such as obesity, heart diseases, alzheimer, liver diseases, diabetes and others. One of the problems with the consumption of sugar is that people get sick progressively without the knowledge that it is caused by sugar. In addition, sugar is an addictive food and life without it is almost impossible. As a result, processed foods are cheaper than healthy food. It is hard to avoid processed food when Americans do not have time to cook because of their life style. Americans need to know the way to change their diet and improve their lifestyles. Americans sometimes forget about the amount of sugar that a soda or flavored drink contains. These drinks are tasty, but it will not satisfy thirst. Sugar is equally dangerous and has the same health effects than smoke cigarettes. Consume sugar in excessive amounts per day have a significant effect in Americans ' daily life. Americans should be aware of the diseases caused by their eating habits, therefore; they should be more conscious of what they eat and change their diet.

An overweight person is one who exceeds their desirable weight by 10-20% whereas an obese person is one who exceeds their desirable weight by more than 20%.

An individual is often labeled “obese” when his or her weight is greater than what is considered to be healthy for his or her given height. The individual’s body mass index (BMI) is a reliable

Obesity is determined most frequently using Body Mass Index (BMI), a weight to height ratio that defines the ideal weight of a person.

Obesity is a health condition where a persons body weight is heavier than what is considered healthy for a certain height. To determine if someone is obese, a nutritionist measures their body mass index, which correlates with their amount of body fat. If the BMI is 30 or above, their body weight is twenty percent higher than an ideal height weight ratio and considered obeast.

Obesity ranges are determined in the health care setting by using a weight-for-height screening tool called the BMI, which correlates with the individual’s amount of body fat (NCQA, 2015). If the amount of body fat is higher than what is considered healthy, the individual is considered obese.

It is no secret that the average weight of a person has gone up significantly throughout the last decade or so. While people are becoming more and more overweight, they get closer to being categorized as obese. Obesity is a condition in which the body becomes grossly fat or overweight. It is not the same as simply being overweight, which may just be caused by extra muscle, bone, or water, along with having too much fat. If a person’s body weight is 20% higher than what it should be, then he or she is considered to be obese. If the body mass index, a statistical measurement derived from height and weight, is between 25 and 29.9, a person is considered overweight. If the BMI is 30 or over, one is considered to be obese. Someone who is

Being obese is not just being overweight, but being overweight at an unhealthy level. The way to classify someone as overweight is by using their body mass index, better known as BMI. If someone has

For example, 20-40 percent over the ideal body weight of an individual is considered mildly obese whereas 40-100 percent is considered moderately obese and 100 percent over is considered severely or morbidly obese. In order to figure out if any individual is obese a BMI (Body Mass Index) measurement is used. According to Metcalf (2008), BMI “is the individual’s weight multiplied by 703 and then divided by twice the height in inches” (Metcalf, Pg. 14). A BMI of 25- 29 is considered to be overweight and a BMI of over 30 is considered to be obese.

Being obese or overweight can cause an abundance of problems throughout a persons daily life. For example, getting out of bed or even out of a chair could be a struggle for people that are overweight. Obesity doesn’t always start when you’re a child. In America, more than 2 in 3 adults were considered to be overweight or have obesity (Meyer). Obesity is something that can control your life. If you’re overweight or are obese you have a higher chance at risking your health. For example, you could obtain type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease, and more. A medical study found that obesity is associated with 162,000 deaths each year (Meyer). Being overweight can give you a higher risk of undergoing a stroke and a heart attack. The body mass index (BMI) is another way to tell if you’re at normal weight, are overweight, or have obesity. Normal weight is a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9, overweight is a BMI of 25 to 25.9, and obesity is a BMI of 30 or higher (Meyer). They measure this by how much you weigh and your height. Obesity shortens life by six to seven years. This disease is more than likely to exceed smoking as one of the nations deadliest health

Many Americans believe that all sugar is bad for the human body. This statement is incorrect because in Konie’s article: Is sugar bad? Why I say no! States that, “Sugar is essential to good health, Im talking about the right kind of sugar as part of real foods diet.” (Konie.para 2.Line 4). What Konie is stating is sugar is good if it is natural sugar, like from ripe fruit and sweet potatoes. This kind of sugar is what the body needs to stay healthy.

Overweight is often misinterpreted as obesity, but it has been proven that individuals such as bodybuilders and professional athletes can be overweight yet they do not suffer from obesity. Obesity refers to just excessive body fat whereas overweight refers to excessive body weight including water, bone, fat, and muscle. A certain amount of fat is needed to store energy, heat insulation, shock absorption, and other functions, but when men reach more than twenty-five percent body fat, and women reach more than thirty percent they are considered obese. A person’s body mass index (BMI) is measured by dividing body weight in kilograms by the square of body height in meters (Wilmore, et al., 2008).

Sugar is in so many things that you can barely count. It is even in healthy things such as fruit like apples and bananas, but it is a different kind of sugar. The sugar that is highly addictive, unhealthy, and overall delicious, is the type that is in sweet things like candy, ice cream, so it is in different types of desserts in general. (zelf geschreven)