Obesity In Australia

Obesity is defined as defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Obesity is not only based on an individual’s weight but also their BMI. A BMI greater than or equal to 25 is overweight. A BMI greater than or equal to 30 is obesity ((Organization, 2013). Obesity is the most common preventable deaths and the fifths leading health risk globally. Obesity has also been linked to other debilitating diseases and can increase a person’s chances of being hospitalized. Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, some of the leading causes of preventable death (cdc.gov, 2014).

Obesity is the 21st centuries plaque. It is a disease spreading at a rapid rate, taking over our society; affecting us from the grass roots up. Obesity, defined as excess fat/weight causing health issues is a multifactorial issue that needs to be addresses. There are too many consequences presented by the disease, both physical and mental to allow it the continual power to destroy the lives of many, too many Australians. The alarming rate at which this disease is spreading must become a topic of conversation for our whole society. Change needs to be seen at every level.

Obesity is a common disease that makes a person massively overweight. This disease can potentially be lethal if not treated correctly. In addition, this could also lead to other common diseases such as heart disease and diabetes and cancer..

Obesity is a public health issue that has devastatingly developed into a global epidemic. According to the World Health Organization, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is dramatically increasing worldwide at an appalling and intimidating rate with more than 1.9 billion adults aged18 years and older being overweight in 2014. Out of these 1.9 billion adults being overweight, 600 million were classified obese. While the issue regarding overweight and obesity are prevalent in all countries, the National Health and Medical Research Council stated that Australia’s obesity levels have been developing faster than any countries in the world over the past thirty years. Although obesity may have been primarily considered as a personal concern three decades ago; it is overwhelmingly a societal concern today in Australia. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have measured that in 2011 and 2012, around 63% of Australian adults had the characteristics of being overweight and corpulence. That is over a quarter of the adult population in Australia being obese.

The purpose of schools has always been, at the very least, to train and educate children into having strong work ethics, goals, neat work habits and prepare them for the workforce. Most schools are funded in some way by the education department and raising money by selling sugary soft drinks and sweet snacks to students contradicts the fundamental meaning of what a school stands for. Childhood obesity, unhealthy lifestyles and the lack of educational awareness of healthy choices in our schools are all contributing factors that relate to the alarming statics of Australia’s poor health.

Obesity is a medical condition, in which a person’s excessive body fat accumulates to a point where it may have a negative impact on their health causing serious illness, disability and premature death. In Australia the rate of obesity has gradually increased over time, where in 2011-2012 it was found that 35.3% Australians aged 18 and over were overweight and 27.5% obese. (WHO reference)This health condition is the outcome of a range of social determinants that warrant attention. However this report will focus on and discuss two social determinants that could conceivably lead to obesity or being overweight.

There are over 1.5 million Australians with diabetes. The groups most at risk are people aged over 45 years old, overweight people, people with family history, females with the history of gestational diabetes, people who consume a diet high in sugar, and ATSI people.

Overweight is fast becoming an ubiquitous trait in Australia. According to the 2005 National Health Survey, 53.6% of Australians reported being overweight, defined as having a Body-Mass Index (BMI) of over 25%. (AIHW, 2005, p. 182). This is partly caused by diets which are high in saturated fat and dependent on processed foods over fresh foods. It is also caused by a continuously sedentary lifestyle, as most Australians perform their job sitting down in an office setting and are, furthermore, compelled stay tethered to their computers lest they miss an important communication.

Parents, for various socioeconomic reasons, work excessively long hours, leaving little time to prepare home-cooked meals and supervise non-sedentary activities (Ebbeling 2002). Another crucial thing that has changed from family customs is the time families eat their dinner. It used to be in the evening around six which still was enough time for kids to go outside and play after and burn off what they ate, now families eat later around 8 or 9 because of how active their lives are and that is when it is too dark for kids to play outside so after they eat there meal which a lot of the time now isn’t healthy they have no time to burn it off before bed. Late night eating adds to childhood obesity in the fact that there is not adequate time and they do not do ample activities before bed to burn off calories and fat and when they go to bed that all sinks into them and in becomes a lot accessible for them to gain fat. Children are ten times more inclined to be obese if both parents are obese. It isn’t always the family habits causing the children to be obese, but they can have a direct impact on the

In our group assessment we all decided to research obesity and the affects it is having on the Australian population. This subject was good for me, I had already researched the topic before, this allowed me to really get a deeper understanding of the topic and find a way to show how much of problem for generations to deal with. Obesity is a growing problem in Australia with almost 63% of all Australians being obese and 10% more people overweight than in 1995.

Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in developed countries Overweight and obesity is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as “abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health.” Body Mass Index (BMI) is a common measurement used to determine the classification of a person’s weight. A BMI above 25.0 is considered to be overweight, and a BMI above 30.0 is considered obese. In most countries around the world, obesity poses a huge risk to the quality of life for all people.

For people all over the world, obesity has reached an all time high and will only continue to climb. Obesity is the accumulation of excessive body fat on an individual that increases the chance of developing health complications. Obesity is a health condition that can cause much damage to an individuals mind and body, and has become linked to a shortened life span. It has caused an increase in blood pressure, strokes, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and heart disease. It has cause

Attention Step: How many of you all know of someone who is overweight? How many of you all know of someone who is dead because of weight problems? Obviously, a serious factor that is going on across the United States is obesity. According to The Gale Encyclopedia of Fitness written by the authors Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt and William Atkins, the definition of obesity means that it is a health condition where an excessive amount of body fat is inside the human body. This excessive body fat can cause health related issues including illness, disability, and worst of all, death (Carson-DeWitt and Atkins 615).

Obesity refers to the condition of having an extra amount of body fat. Obesity is caused by eating too much and moving too little. When an individual’s amount of body fat becomes too high, they are at a greater risk of being affected with life changing diseases such as heart failure, hypertension, type II diabetes, cancer, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, and others. This shows that people should become more physically active and attempt to make healthier choices because their life depends on the decisions, they make.

Obesity is a problem in society due the health problems it leads to. Heart Disease, Cancer and Diabetes are a few life threating diseases that are far more common in obese people compared to non-obese. Atherosclerosis is a Heart disease where plaque builds up on the lining of arteries, which is that most common reason for vascular disease which is 10 times more common in obese people. Forms of cancer. For likely hood of women Breast, colon, gallbladder and uterus cancer increases. For Men the likely hood of colon and prostate cancer