Is It A Vegan?

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

During the past 20 years, there has been a substantial increase in obesity in the United States and rates remain high. More than one-third of U.S.

“Obesity is a disease that affects more than one-third of the U.S adult population (approximately 78.6 million Americans). The number of Americans with obesity had steadily increase since 1960, a trend that has slowed down in recent years but show no sign of reversing”.

Obesity and weight related disease are at an all time high and continue to plague the United States.

Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. With such a significant percentage of the population (68.8% of Americans are overweight or obese) dealing with weight issues and with food marketing pushing cheap, fast food options, Americans are suffering from serious health consequences.

I have adopted veganism into my lifestyle because I don’t support the ethics behind the meat, dairy, and egg industries. Whilst already vegetarian for a year, I unintentionally came across a video about veganism that introduced new and persuasive facts that I had no prior knowledge about; I knew immediately that this lifestyle was for me. Unlike vegetarianism, veganism is a lifestyle and what that means is no leather, no feathers, no products that have been tested on animals, no products including animal ingredients, etc.. Those wanting to become vegan should take it slow because then they can discover new recipes and replacements, and it doesn’t seem so overwhelming. The main thing to focus on is trying your best.

Obesity is becoming more and more prominent in our country. In today’s society it is not rare to see someone who is obese, it is America’s epidemic. The pressure to be thin is at its highest and many people across America are found in a battle against their own body. Shaming people for being obese is growing in our country. Media and doctors are telling us that being fat is not tolerable.

Obesity is a big social issue in America. Due to the popularity of fast food and other unhealthy processed foods, more and more Americans are developing

Obesity has rapidly emerged as a serious health issue in America. The cause of obesity results from America’s social injustices. Today, food advertisements are in all places promoting an unhealthy lifestyle. Considering the great expense of healthy foods, low income families can barely afford fruits and vegetables. These two factors contribute to the increasing obesity rate in the United States. Unfortunately, it has taken an excessive amount of Americans to become obese for America to become aware of the issue and take action. Although obesity is still an increasing problem, America is fighting to reduce the number of obese citizens. As a result of low income and the media advertising unhealthy lifestyles, America is in the midst of an obesity epidemic.

I belong to the vegan community. This community is filled with love, tolerance and respect-and I am proud to be a member. Recently, the message of veganism has been widely spread through social media platforms. This has made enriching information easily accessible for those willing to listen and removed many taboos associated with veganism. When the facts are brought to the surface, it is difficult to ignore them. Veganism is a way one

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

Animals have been kept in inhumane conditions for a long time. Recently, however, (relatively recently since we have been eating meat forever) people have been arguing the morality behind eating animals. These arguments are centered around animal’s suffering before being killed and the actual killing of animals for meat. Arguments over nuances vary, but the central arguments are fundamentally the same; animals should be treated humanely and killed painlessly. These are both sensible ideas that should be adopted in every animal farm factor. Unfortunately, these ideals are not followed and as a result animals farmer and the people involved with these animal factories are unjustly villainized. Authors such Jonathan Safran Foer in Eating Animals excellently express the negative aspects of animal farming and the horrid conditions that animals are kept in, but make absolutely no effort to explain why they are kept in these conditions. Without addressing the reasons for these conditions readers are left thinking that the people involved are horrible human beings that take pleasure in tormenting animals. This is far from true. Yes, there may be some twisted sadistic farmer that actually enjoy harming animals, but this surely does not represent all farmers. In reality these farmers are most likely just doing a job that they were told to do in order to obtain a salary that they need for things like rent and food.

The first things that come to a person mind when they hear the word, “vegan’, are usually protest for animal rights, salads, and a lack of protein, but the question is does he/she really know what being a vegan is all about? Veganism is the practice of abstaining away from the use of any product that uses animals, commonly associated with the cruel treatment of animals and make up thirty-one percent of the population worldwide. An ethical vegan is a form of veganism were a person does not use any product that has been tested on an animal or is made from an animal. A dietary vegan is a form of veganism were a person does not consume any product made from, by, or out of an animal. Many people believe that veganism is unnecessary because “not all animal are treated bad” or :it’s to hard, or “it’s bad for the body.” Although some people believe that, realistically, a vegan diet comes with an abound of benefits for animals, the body and the environment.

Animals living conditions, diet and reproduction is not the only problems associated with commercial farming. Hamburgers and hot dogs these are American foods but how does it get there on our plate. Do people know how the animals are slaughtered or do they even care. Slaughter this means killing of animals for human consumption. When it comes to the slaughtering of animals I think the majority of people don’t care that the animals are being killed to be eaten. The thing that causes the controversy is how are they being killed and are the animals being slaughtered in a humane way. If someone ask are these animals being slaughtered humanely the answer would be yes of course but really I believe that if most people seen or knew the way that some animals are killed humanely still seems inhumane. That being said there are times I’m sure when things are being done that would not be considered proper procedure. This will always be a very contraversal issue because you have people who believe you shouldn’t at all use animals for anything like food or beauty products whatever it may be and then you have people on the other side who really just don’t care about animal lives. So due to the Humane Slaughter Act of 1958 it was determine that the animals must be unconscious so that they don’t feel as much pain (Dunn 2011). The methods that were used was anything that would be quick and cause little pain, such as a gunshot to the head or electrical shock just anything rendering them