Obesity Has Threatened People 's Health

Obesity and being overweight are problems in America that are continuing to exacerbate each and everyday.  According to Jan Simmonds, being a few pounds above an individual's ideal weight is considered overweight; while obesity is being more than twenty percent above an individual's ideal weight (3).  Ideal weight is a number based on one's height and body frame.  TeensHealth states, "Obese people are very overweight and at risk for serious health problems" (1).  Obesity is life threatening and there are many side effects associated with being obese.

Obesity has become an epidemic across the United States. Americans have continued to gain weight, increasing the amount of people that are considered obese by millions every few years. More and more experts have come to a consensus: weight needs to be addressed and changed in America. Many experts, however, have not found a way to completely solve this problem at large. In the article, “Rethinking Weight”, senior writer Amanda Spake directs attention to the barriers our society has built for obesity treatment. Through this attention, it becomes evident these barriers have developed from the changing ideals in our society. Roberta Seid, a lecturer at the University of Southern California, argues in “Too “Close to the Bone”: The Historical Context for Women’s Obsession with Slenderness” how our body ideals have changed the way our society views obesity. Both authors emphasize the problem our society faces with obesity becoming an epidemic, and how that needs to be changed so our society can live happier and healthier lives. Although both authors are achieving the same point, Spake concludes that obesity has stemmed from pharmaceutical problems and biological factors, while Seid holds that obesity has come from the changing fashion and body ideals in our society. By reading both articles in conjunction, it becomes clear that the root of this problem is our societal issues, obesity has become an epidemic because of the way our society neglects obesity from all aspects.

The obesity epidemic remains to have significance pressure on our lives. The HBO Film “Weight of the Nation” aim to open’s viewer’s eyes to a major increasing problematic that impact the existence of the human population in According to Suzanne Bennett the creator of the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic American. Current Statistic shows that the rate of obesity in the 1960s and 1970s only 13 percent of U.S. adults and 5 to 7 percent of U.S. children were obese. Today, 17 percent of our children, 32 percent of adult males, and 36 percent of adult females are obese. Some factor I believe contribute to obesity before seeing the Weight of the Nation are an unhealthy diet, consuming of food that is high in fat and people who have trouble coping with personal life that might lead to depression etc.

Weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery is recommended by many physicians to people who are unable to benefit from traditional weight loss methods. However, choosing to undergo weight loss surgery isn’t an easy decision. It is an important decision that will drastically and permanently impact a person’s life. Therefore, before making such a significant decision, an individual should be aware of both the risks and benefits associated with weight loss surgery (McGowan & Chopra ix).

I claim that in American culture, a thin body is held as the "original", normal body; whereas obesity is viewed as a `temporary disruption' to the balance of the body. According to our cultural understanding, an obese body is viewed as being in the process of constant transformation. The idea of a permanently fat person is unacceptable and an obese body must be standardized and normalized. The goal is to transform and

In a way, this book highlights the various consequences of obesity in significant detail. In the author's opinion, obesity does impact on an individual's health negatively from both a surgical and mental

to arbitrarily attribute meaning and raise stigma against excess body fat that often goes beyond the reality with respect to the condition. Today roughly two out of every three Americans, over the age of twenty, are considered to be overweight and, unfortunately, approximately one fourth of this number are considered to be obese. Through Alexandra Lescaze’s ALL of Me, we are able to understand why and how obesity kills hundreds of thousands of people annually, contributes to many other health complications, threatens to overwhelm Americas view of ideal health, and provides incentive for health industries to create unsafe and unreliable weight loss methods in order to turn out a profit.

Being obese is a tremendous issue in the United States . According to the book the “Obesity: Cultural and BioCultural Perspectives”by Alexandra A.Brewis, there is an assessment mentioned in the book that was made by the “World Health Organization”. The assessment mentions that “ one third of the people are now overweight or obese . Within two decades , if the current trend continue, the number will be more than two-thirds”.(Brewis 1)

Overall, the family is comfortable with their body weight. JG maintains his body weight and is within the normal range. MG is over-weight. She knows that there are health repercussions with obesity, but is comfortable and content with her weight, not working hard to lose the extra weight. AG is slim, fit, and happy with her weight. They all respect and love each other for who they are and where they are in life.

And have daily meal plans that can help them monitoring their diet. ”Stated by doctors the average human weight is 167 pounds and if you become passed 190 you are consider obese. We live in a generation where people can become so obese to the point where they die or become five hundred pounds and can never move again or even live a normal life. In Fact what causes obesity is eating too much sweet and fatty food and not getting enough exercise. No matter where you go around the world there is always a big percentage of people who are obese or over weighted or who are affected by obesity. Unhealthy foods that are not good for the human body are served everywhere you go around the world like McDonald, Burger King, Wendy’s, and Taco Bell, KFC, checkers.

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

During conversations, one will realizes that the term obese is used by people to describe those appearing to be fatter than a criteria they consider as being normal. This then leads to the following question; what do the terms average weight or normal size refer to? Does the term average refer to average weight, width or the fat content in the body? Whether the definition is based on human width, abdominal diameter or weight, etc., the point of reference or datum depends on the observer and may vary from one individual to another. What is referred to as normal may not have definite dimensional measures but just arbitrary. Obesity to most people globally may be based on societal body weight ideals. Whatever be the definition of obesity any society, the fact remains that, when has a BMI of over twenty nine, health problems begin to pile up. The following data on obesity is quoted from the National Institute of Diabetes and digestive diseases (2012).

Obesity. It’s the thing that people really scared of but just couldn’t get away from it. It’s that one thing that haunt most people even though their physicals are not even slightly going towards an obesity. Many people freak out when knowing that their BMI index is between the ranges of 25 to 29.9 kg/m2. They have a misconception of reading a BMI index. Actually, a person is considered as an obese when the BMI index of his or her is more than 30kg/m2 while 25 to 29.9 kg/m2 is only considered as an overweight. The way for a person to calculate his or her BMI index is by using that person’s height and weight either in meter and kilogram or inches and pound. The formula is weight divided by height2 if that person is using kilogram and meter unit but if he or she is using the pound and inches unit, the formula is different where the weight is divided by height2 and times 703 which is the conversion factor. Even obesity have three different classes according to BMI index. Obese class I is from 30.0 to 34.9 while a person with a BMI index of 35.0 to 39.9 is classed as an obese class II while a person with a BMI index more than 40.0 is considered as an obese class III. The problem with obesity is that they are fatal because the medical condition of an obese person is the body fat has accumulated to the extent of it to have a negative effect on that person. The most related disease of all is diabetes or diabetes mellitus

Many scientists believe that adult individuals have a “set point” or predetermined weight set by genetics. Researchers believe one’s set point is determined at conception. The theory is the human body has a weight range which it is genetically predisposed to maintain. Altering one’s body weight higher or lower seems to be very difficult for most without drastic and continued lifestyle changes. The purpose of this research paper is to review, challenge and determine the concept of the “Set Point Theory”

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