Obesity In The United States

According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, there are a high amount of adults in America over 20 years old with some form of weight problem. 33.1% of these adults are overweight, 35.7% are obese, and 6.3% suffer with extreme obesity, only 31.2% are at a healthy weight. Such a widespread presence of weight issues not only constitutes a negative stereotype, but another series of questions. Since the issue is so rampant, does that make obesity a disease? In November 2013, the American Heart Association changed its guidelines so that obesity was now considered a disease, which caused a significant amount of controversy to rise (heart.org). However, following definitional standards, obesity should not be considered

Recently, a lot of debate has gone around about whether or not obesity is considered a disease or not. It is very difficult to pinpoint one sole reason obesity is occurring in people, there are many different justifications for what causes a person to become obese. Obesity is a disease that is currently sweeping the entire world. Percentages of not just adults, but children are skyrocketing like never before. People have never been so overweight until now. I am going to examine why obesity is considered a disease through a scientific, economic, historical, and futuristic lenses.

Obesity in America is a continually growing problem and even worse our own children are sharing in this problem. A commentary in the Washington Times reports that sixty million Americans are obese. What really is the meaning of obese? Obese is having a body mass index of thirty percent or more. In recent years, the percentage of obese Americans has risen. In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, the percentage of obese Americans rose from 22.9 in 1984-1994 to 32.2 in 2003 and 2004. The study also says if you throw in the number of "over weight" Americans (body mass index of 25 to 29.9) the total jumps to 66.3

When it comes to the topic of obesity, most experts and critics will readily agree that it can lead to more severe health issues. Where the agreement usually ends, however, is on how much obesity really contributes to illnesses, such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Whereas some are convinced that obesity is a major cause in such diseases, others maintain that it is only one factor, of many, that lead to other diseases.

Obesity can also cause changes you may not notice, but that can seriously harm your health, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. Both conditions significantly increase your risk of developing a cardiovascular disease, such as: coronary heart disease, which may lead to a heart attack and stroke, which can cause significant disability and can be

It has been debatable as to whether or not obesity is considered a disease and or disability. As time changes and progresses on, obesity changes its label as well, so what does the average person think of when they hear the word “obese”? The official meaning of the word obese according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is “weight that is higher than what is considered as a healthy weight for a given height…” Many tend to think the main cause of obesity is due to lack of exercise and unhealthy eating. Overall, people think the main cause is laziness and they do not think special care should be provided for the ones who struggle with excessive weight. There are a variety of causes for obesity, not just overeating. An

Obesity does not discriminate against social status, sex, or race; it can take a person’s life and turn it upside down in the blink of an eye if they are not careful. Some people think of obesity as a worldwide killer because there is no outrunning it if it overtakes a person’s body. Every 1 in 3 adults are obese right here in America, that should give each and every individual some type of hint that there is a major problem occurring. The obesity epidemic is not something that has just caught the attention of people recently; it has been going on since the 1950’s! This epidemic is a major problem; over 2.8 million people die each year as a result of being obese or extremely overweight and over 40 million children were said to be obese in

The American Medical Association (AMA) has declared obesity a disease. Obesity means that an individual has too much body weight that could possibly cause a health risk. Having a body-mass index (BMI) of 35 or higher makes an individual morbidly obese. A healthy BMI would be from 20 to 24.9. The United States has one of the highest obesity rates in the world with an estimated of 36% of American adults suffering from it. It is important to not label obesity as a disease because it leads 78 million adults and 12 million children in America into feeling helpless, and takes them away from believing it’s importance as a condition that is the result of eating too much and living sedentary lifestyles.

Obesity is a chronic state of being overweight. It 's a life threatening condition and current research has shown that obesity is the leading cause for the increased health threats that persons of the developed world face. Obesity increases a person 's threat for contracting diabetes, strokes, heart problems, certain kinds of cancer etc. What 's worse is the over two thirds of the industrialized world 's population is suffering from obesity and that 's putting them in greater health dangers. In recent years, policymakers and medical experts have expressed

Obesity is a disorder where a person has stored so much body fat that it will have a harmful effect on their health and it leads to weight-related health complications such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, certain cancers, diabetes, and liver disease. Obesity in America is getting worse. More than 70 percent of Americans are either obese or overweight, and obesity rates have increased for all population groups in the United States over the last several decades. According to the article "Understanding the American Obesity Epidemic" from the American Heart Association website, nearly 78 million adults and 13 million children deal with the health and emotional effects of obesity every day

"A recent survey of North America male found that 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey” (Banksy). Known to be the one of the lead causing death in America. Obesity can be simply defined as the accretion of body mass. Most people automatically assume the obesity is a result of bad dieting or lack of physical exercises which is certainly not accurate. It is a perpetual disease to both adults and children, which is proven to be induced by genes, medication, and even psychological factors such as stress and depression.

In 2008, the American Medical Association recognized obesity as a disease claiming that “Recognizing obesity as a disease will help change the way the medical community tackles this complex issue that affects approximately one in three Americans,” said AMA board member Patrice Harris, M.D. While this may be true, is that a justifiable reason to classify obesity, a result of unhealthy decisions, as a disease? The fact is obesity is the consequence of choosing an unhealthy lifestyle. True the unhealthy lifestyle may not be chosen on purpose but “The choices we make by accident are just as important as the choices we make by design” – Anonymous. Therefore if obesity is a consequence of choices then I feel obesity itself has to be a choice,

First of all, people have obesity is indeed increase risk for developing chronic diseases and the other health problems. Obesity can be defined as an excessive accumulation of body fat that hurting human body and excess weight is the cause of more illness than virtually any other medical

When the term is brought to attention, the most popular response to this question is almost always excess body fat and a body that is larger than what fits into society’s ideal. What the majority of American society does not understand is that there are many other health complications that follow the life threatening condition. Excess body fat has become so stigmatized, in a society that upholds such a high standard of a thin physique, where most characterizations and points of view go beyond the actual pathology associated with the condition where, in the case of obesity, no such pathology exists. Such stigmatization has inhibited society to understand that obesity and being overweight is a direct consequence of one’s lifestyle habits and not induced by a contagious “epidemic”. These ignorant characterizations may lead to a negative portrayal of bodyweight where, overweight individuals such as Dawn and Judy of All of Me, in the end, are urged ( utilize slapdash methods of weight loss)to strive for an unrealistic ideal of body image through gastric bypass

Is obesity a disease or a human related cause? Researchers have studied this question for years and have come to a variety of different conclusions. Some believe that obesity is a disease and can only be prevented by medications, while others believe that obesity is a human related cause and can be only prevented by a healthy diet and exercise. The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced that obesity is officially a disease. Dr. Patrice Harris, a member of the American Medical Association board of Trustees stated, “Recognizing obesity as a disease will help change the way the medical community tackles this complex issue that affects approximately one in three Americans (Pollack).” Dr. Patrice Harris is correct. Labeling obesity, as a disease will change the way the medical community addresses this issue, but not positively. Labeling obesity as a disease is absurd, because obesity is not a disease. Rather, obesity is a human related cause, which can be supported through genetics, the corpulent American society, and the comparison of obesity to other health risks based on the decision of the AMA.