Obesity in Australian culture and society

In medical terminology, while a person with a BMI of 30 and over 30 is considered as obese. It can refer to abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that reflect in health risks (Australia’s health 2016). Obesity as a one of the more serious health issue in Australia has influence millions of people’s daily life and work. It also as one of the biggest challenges to the society and public health system.

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 can be defined as being 20% or more over the ideal body weight for your age and height. It is a chronic disease that can lead to a number of different illnesses and other diseases . These potentially deadly illnesses include diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, coronary vascular disease, heart attack, stroke, sleep apnoea and even cancer. Obesity is becoming more common in Australia as we speak with 10% more adults being overweight or obese in Australia than in 1995. According to recent statistics 63% of adults and 1 in 4 Australian children are overweight or obese.

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.

Obesity is a condition where persons have accumulated so much body fat that it might have a negative effect on their health. Obesity is a serious, chronic disease that can have negative effects on many systems of the body. Obesity increases the risk of developing a range of serious diseases and are associated with the development of many long term conditions. Obesity is a result associated with psychological problems, health problems and social care.

Intended audience: In the end, once people finished reading my paper, i hope they understand the idea of Fat acceptance/liberation and how epidemic obesity correlates, and the solution they created won't be able to fix the concept of obesity. Turning it into a social norm will just increase the concept of obesity and will hurt people lifestyle due to the unhealthy lifestyle and regime.

Obesity is rapidly becoming a major health issue throughout NSW. In Australia 63.4% percent of people were cut off for obesity making that more than half the population making obesity a major threat to individual’s health’s. The NSW health obesity strategy is a government organisation aiming to help individuals live healthier lifestyles by providing one on one help and assistance with their specific needs. The strategy also provides tailored programs for different groups of individuals who may have higher or lower levels or health due to their social situation, economic status e.g. (ATSI) this initiative was put into place and aims to over time, decrease the statistics of chronic illness related to obesity and its long-term health effects,

In this essay I will demonstrate how social factors are a major contributor to the issue of obesity in Australia. I will use ‘Personal responsibility won’t solve Australia’s obesity problem‘ (Sacks and Cameron 2014) from The Conversation website to reinforce how societal structures contribute to this issue. Charles Wright Mills described the sociological as ‘a quality of mind that seems most dramatically to promise an understanding of the intimate realities of ourselves in connection with larger realities’ (Germov 2009, p.5). Obesity, according to the World Health Organisation, is defined as ‘abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health’ (World Health Organisation, 2014). The Conversation article presented by Sacks and Cameron states that close to two-thirds of Australians are overweight and that unhealthy diets contribute to more

Weight management can be assisted through improvement in food and medical stuff, physical activity or behavioral change, with a combination of all three being most effective. Where possible, increased physical activity should be adopted, with 150-300 minutes of moderate activity, or 75-150 minutes of vigorous activity each week, which has been associated with improved health outcomes, irrespective of weight loss. The level of physical activity recommended will be dependent on an individual’s BMI, fitness levels, commodities and age.(Prof.hankey (2006))

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

There is a cultural stigmatization with obesity. When one thinks of obesity, they think the obese person has no motives and are lazy and do not value achievement as much as one that is not. Obese people are also viewed negatively in the media. Because one out of every five American children ages 6 to 19 are obese, children are also psychosocially affected. This can cause children to bully students who look like what these people who are negatively viewed in the media, obese. Because of how obese people are treated socially, it can lead to depression.

Overweight and obesity is an alarming situation, it threatens the health and employment of the people in Australia and around the world. For working people it is the biggest threat to cause unemployment and inefficient work. Obesity and overweight have seriously affected and economic development of many national educations as it affects young labour force and ability to do the job of the people. Particularly Australia, obese people have jobs accounted for 60% and this figure may rise, while obese people unemployed (44%). But in fact that person aged 18-24 unemployed due to obesity and overweight accounted for 3%. Moreover, the person who worked full-time at risk of obesity than those who work part-time. That shows chalk causes obesity is due

Obesity is a huge problem in the United States. “Obesity is a condition where a person has accumulated so much body fat that it might have a negative effect of their health” (What is Obesity?, medicalnewstoday.com). Those with body mass indexes (BMI) over thirty and/or body fat percentages twenty percent or higher than average are considered obese. People can

Obesity is a major medical condition that is often caused by the presence of other diseases. Obesity can make life difficult for an individual and needs to be treated on a number of fronts. Obese patients are often advised to reduce their weight, but they find it hard to do it with the help of exercise and diet. They are usually in the need of additional help.

This submission directly addresses the growing concern towards the escalating number of overweight and obese people within Australia