INTRODUCTION In the U.S. alone, 34.9% of adults are obese (1) and over 100 million Americans are dieters who make 4-5 dieting attempts per year (2). To meet the demand for effective, sustainable weight loss methods, a plethora of weight loss approaches (e.g. “fad diets”, pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery) are constantly emerging on the market. One weight loss theory that has received particular attention is increased meal or eating frequency. Increased MF refers to any eating pattern where 3…

consequences of being obese are severe. Individuals are targets of being stereotyped and stigmatized. Approximately one-third of all children and half of all adults in the UK are above a healthy weight (Mendcentralorg, 2016). For obese adults, research has documented that people who experience weight criticism have a higher chance of experiencing depression, anxiety, social isolation, and poorer psychological adjustment (Obesityorg, 2016). This stigmatization has often led to obese individuals reporting…

The number of obese people in America is growing at a rate of two in every three people being overweight or obese. Over 68% of American adults are considered overweight or obese. What exactly is causing this tragically large result? Studies have shown that nutrition, overeating and lack of exercise are few factors contributing to this. People need to start caring about their health before it’s too late. Embarrassingly, America’s love for fattening food isn’t a secret. A French traveler said "There…

“Do You Think Obese Children are doomed to be Obese Adults?” In the subject of debates, a debate is an argument of a current event or other controversial topic that provides both sides of an argument. These could be negative and positive things or pros and cons of a topic. You can debate about almost anything as long as it is debatable and worth debating over. Some popular topics to debate about are school uniforms, playing music during class, abortion, obesity, health care reform, politics, and…

throughout the world are considered obese. More than one third of Americans today, are considered as being obese. The fourteenth most obese state for children in the United States is Illinois. Thirty-four percent of children in Illinois are obese. The twenty-fifth most obese state for adults in the United States is Illinois. Twenty-nine percent of adults are obese. Twenty-five percent of adults live an inactive lifestyle and have very little physical activity. Being an obese child increases the chances…

Tashay Johnson Professor Keeler English 301 7 March 2015 High Increase in Obese Children in America Introduction Rebecca Stevenage struggled with managing her food intake for years. It was not until Rebecca became an adult that she understood the importance of not using food for love and comfort. She explained how she was overweight as a child and was bullied frequently at school. Her appearance and situation of being made fun of caused Rebecca to suffer from depression and low self-esteem. She…

The number of overweight and obese children is only increasing. It is important for children to eat adequate nutrients to ensure development, growth, and health (Brown et al., 2013). Children can become obese if they lack exercise, consume high fat and/or empty caloric foods, and watch their family eat or over eat unhealthy foods. Brown et al. (2013) implies adequate nutrition can improve a child’s academic performance in school, reduce tardiness and absences by decreasing the chances of a child…

or genetic disorders (Johnson, 2005). Some children are obese because they might have gotten the gene from their families. What about the other children who don’t have genetic problems? Are parents helping their children monitoring their weight or parents the ones to blame because of what they allow their children to eat and not encouraging physical activities? Parent’s lack of involvement is one of the reasons why so many children are obese, by parent choosing fast food over making their child’s…

Weight Loss for the Obese Today’s children are faced with a severe epidemic. Day after day, children are growing in size. The number of obese children is growing severely and scientists are perplexed. Obesity is a disease affecting thousands of people every day. While conducting my research, the argument that I found was most prominent was the debate between whether obese individuals should become fit vs. just losing weight. Most articles I found continued to say that obese people need to lose…

Causes,Solutions and not to forget mentioning Statistics. Now when it comes to Causes or frantically saying Diseases that lead to Obesity can vary and impact majorly. Starting with Genetics , now a person will turn obese if the parents or relatives are obese and genetics have to do with hormone discharges which affect fat regulation like one of the genetic cause of obesity is leptin deficiency. leptin is a hormone that is produced in fat cells. Leptin controls how much a person can weigh…