Exercise And Stereotypes

Society today has distorted what a healthy physique actually looks like. It tells you, if you don’t have muscles bulging from under your skin then you are out of shape. And that if you are overweight you are just ugly. Another false concept is that if you are overweight you’re lazy or not self disciplined (Bordo 2). There are so many factors that have to be accounted for when evaluating someone’s weight. To assume that someone is lazy or weak because they are overweight, is ignorant. Many people are deceived into thinking that obesity is terrible like a sin. In her article Susan Bordo gives an example of a study taken where children chose obesity to be more uncomfortable or embarrassing than dismembered hands or facial deformities when shown

As years go by American weight struggle has been getting worse. People with diabetes today has more than double since 1994. While there are ways to help bring down obesity, most companies have not taken action. There are many factors to why obesity has only been increasing all these years.

The overweight person may be conflicted about taking the time required for effective life style programs e.g. change of diet, change of life style including exercise. That is, she may feel that she must subsidise her own needs for the needs of everyone around her (children,

Cultural/Social – The society's views of weight loss/weight gane where in the people's desire to fit into a specific personal appearance area. Those who are rather over weight are probably less likely to

With 600,000 people across Australia who have participated in aerobics at one point in time, it can be manifested that aerobics is one of the most marginalized sports within the country (Ausport, 2000). With such a marginalized sport, there are many stereotypes that are associated with just the word aerobics. This is explored through the survey that was conducted and was answered by the students at StAC. Many of the stereotypes that are believed in society are that aerobics is a sport dominated by females and that it more of a dance class. This report will evaluate the possible influences that have shaped students’ perceptions using Figueroa’s Framework and Maslow’s hierarchy. Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic

Besides, studies have shown that “The obesity epidemic ranks among the leading causes”. (WHO, 1998) are “poor diet and physical inactivity were the second leading cause of death in the USA in 2000 and may soon overtake tobacco as the leading cause of avoidable death” (Mokdad et al.,2004). “Obesity is a complex medical condition, which has social and psychological dimensions and some major economic aspects.” (WHO, 2000). “It affects people of all ages and socio-economic groups, and of both genders, and is not restricted to developed countries” (WHO, 2000). From

(Brownell 70). The lack of exercise is one of the main causes of obesity in the United States.

If i'm not mistaken I think binge eating is the most common eating disorder out there. So it's very important to spread and the correct facts and information. I ounce knew somoone who told me that overweight people choose to be that way. And in most cases thats simple not true. Most people when they overeat it's because of reasons you listed like being bullied or they are self conscious. And I like the idea of free counseling although I think that will never happen. I personaly don't think these people are lazy I just think they need someone to help them because in most cases it's just hard for them to change it's like trying to stop smoking, you need help.

In the United States there are many excuses for the obesity. Many of these reasons include being tired from a long day at work, having lots of house work to do, the kids have one or more activities they may need help with, or there are 101 errands to run on top of the other to do list that already needs completed. Where these are all legitimate reasons for not exercising at that moment or may be a reason for needing to grab a quick meal, they aren’t necessarily excuses for being obese. Some people may have problems that do allow them to have a justifiable reason on why they are overweight, for example some medical problems don’t allow all people to lose weight, and in some way it is probably not healthy for

Obesity is a very serious subject that a lot of people take lightly, especially us as Americans. America is the most obese country in the world. Statistics show that 300,000 people die a day in the United States of America due to obesity. This clearly shows that we have a serious problem that is massively underestimated. Obesity is also something that countries all across the world suffer from. For example, Australia is also one of the most obese countries in the world, and 50,000 people die a year from obesity in Australia. That’s 140 people who die per day in Australia. To solve the problem of obesity the prices of junk food should be raised and the prices of healthy food should be lowered and more convenient.

It is a daily struggle for many people, some people are so overweight they become debilitated.

This state of obesity tends to be known by almost every person. It has been approximated that two thirds of adults from America are always obese or overweight at any given time and this applies to 25% of children from America. When an individual become overweight, there are high chances of the person to be being attacked by heart diseases, diabetes as well as other many life- threatening ailments. It has become more serious, that it has even been named as number one health problem in U.S by National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For those people who are lack of exercising also increase the number of obesity. In this twenty first century, the economic is up and down require people to stay over time on their job. For some people they take two jobs to meet the demand of life. Studies show that people who get more active are not involve in any type of obese issues than the people who are sit in front of computer for several hours.

People are tired of being overweight. Being overweight cause people to lose self-confidence and their self- esteem. No one wants to be that individual that stays at home all day and cannot come out to do daily activities because they are overweight and ashamed of being judged by their peers, family and outsiders. What is worse are the health issues associated with too much pounds, which can be deadly. That is why most health professionals encourage people to get physically active at least sixty minutes a day. There are plenty of exercises a person can do to get daily exercise and it does not even have to be a hard core exercise. It is so sad to see people become overweight or obese and not take action to get fit because being overweight or obese is deadly. Therefore people should exercise.

Most of the weight problems Americans have are being overweight or obese. There are no signs that the percentages of Americans who are overweight or obese are decreasing. Not just teenagers but kids and adults worry about their weight. People have weight problems for different reasons. I think Americans need to put an effort to manage their weight.