Persuasive Essay On Obesity

As of 2016 there is over 50,000 fast food restaurants across the world. Cheeseburgers and fries may sound like a delicious meal, however the ingredients put into the food make it unhealthy for the lives of young people. Due to the poor food choices Americans started making and lack of education of health, the lifestyles of people has made a terrible impact in this generation. During the 70s, health diseases and disorders were mostly caused by inherited genes, whereas today it is due to people consuming a lot of calories. Because of the new technology that has been created, the amount of exercise has dropped significantly, leading to the increase in sizes of Americans. People should want to help others to ensure that the future changes for the health of the next generation or else the problem of obesity will never be fixed. To fix the problem of obesity, it’s up to 18 to 26 year olds to change the ways of how people eat and the personal choices made in one’s life. Millennials should take personal responsibility to lower the risks of obesity epidemic and obesity related diseases in addition to the government pushing toward healthier choices to educate and improve the lifestyle of the future generations.

Obesity has been framed as a topic of personal responsibly for a long time. For many, the fundamental notion has always been that if you stop eating junk food and eat “healthy”, you will maintain a healthy weight. According to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control’s 2007-2008 Health and Nutrition Examination survey, it was found that 73.7% of all Americans 20 years old or older were overweight, obese, or extremely obese. That is a lot of fat people and it is hard to believe that fast food alone is responsible for 70% of adult Americans being overweight.

The United States is mindful of this deadly disease and the lives it has taken, yet little has been done to spread awareness and decrease the amount of sugar, carbohydrates, and fat in foods sold. In fact, America encourages unhealthy eating by displaying advertisements which convince the audience that the food will not have a negative effect on their health. A majority of these advertisements are directed towards children due to the fact that they are easy to convince. And this is a huge reason behind the increasing obesity rate in the United States because the decisions made as a child reflect those made in adulthood. If a child is constantly eating unhealthy food, rarely exercises, and is unaware of the consequences that come from the lack of living a healthy life, he or she will grow up continuing this lifestyle. O’Connor explains that, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, seventeen percent of American children and teenagers between the ages twelve and nineteen years old are overweight (39). Unless the child is taught about the harsh reality of eating so unhealthy, it may be too late before he or she becomes obese. Similar to tobacco and alcohol, food has addictive qualities which are hard to change. Another factor to consider involving the obesity epidemic in the United States is the expense of healthy foods. This high price hinders U.S. citizen’s ability to pay for a healthy diet. One of the many low income mothers in the United States, Maria Gonzalez, comments, “When you only have a dollar to spend and you have two kids to feed, either you go to the market and try to find something that’s cheap or just go straight through a drive thru and get two hamburgers for them and say, ‘Okay, here. Eat this.’ This is what’s going to fill her up, not that one single item at the market”

Obesity is a big topic in American society, it has grown over the years and it has become very well known. It has become an American concern and the food industry has been an easy target to blame for this “epidemic”. The truth to this is that it can be easy to blame the fast food industry, but the real truth it is, that obesity has become what it is now because our society has let that happened; the government, the citizens, the food industry's. They have all played an important role to what it is now obese.

It’s no secret that obesity is a huge issue worldwide; over three hundred million people are clinically obese on the earth. No matter where you go there is bound to be an overweight population; over 30% of New Zealand’s population is obese. In fact, there is an average of above 14% of people that are obese in each country. Fatty and unhealthy foods that are harmful to the human body are served everywhere you go; you just can’t get away from them. Even though obesity can lead to many fatal diseases, it is not a disease by itself. It can harm the body and reduce normal body function, but it can be cured and someone can return to a healthy lifestyle if they have enough determination.

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.

above the level that usually defines obesity are perfectly healthy while others below it can have dangerous levels of body fat and metabolic problems associated with obesity. However, Obese is a serious problem and it is considered to be a disease and a serious one because you can die from being overweight just as much you can die for have AIDS. It is just one stays with you and more of a serious cause. The body needs a certain amount of energy (calories) from food to keep up basic life functions. Body weight tends to remain the same when the number of calories eaten equals the number of calories the body uses or “burns.” High rates of obesity are largely responsible for the United States’ declining health outcomes and rapidly rising healthcare costs. Lack of availability and affordability of healthy food contribute to the obesity epidemic. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ‘’Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 28 Jan. 2016. Web. 30 Aug. 2016 ‘’more than two-thirds of American adults and one-third of American youth are now obese or overweight.

Obesity all around the world is one of the most important issues facing us today, how could we possibly make young people stop eating junk and start eating healthy? It seems almost impossible but it in fact is not, all we need is for people to want to help make the change.  Parents raise their kids and show them what’s right from wrong so they should also teach them the harm that comes from bad food and lead them towards fruits and vegetables. Aside from parents helping their kids make the right food choices, schools have to stop providing kids with meals that are not made fresh at the school and with drinks that contain sugar that students drink on a regular basis. The principles should acknowledge this and take action against the sugary foods given at their schools and do something to make the change from bad to healthy.

Imagine laying in bed and wanting to get up, but it is no longer possible. Obesity has been a cause of stopping people to be able to do certain physical activities and daily tasks. It slowly made its way to America, when parents would work long hours and kids were left alone at home. When it came to dinner, parents just wanted something easy and fast to feed their families, but not focusing on what was in the food. It was all about if the food tasted good, but not if it was good for the body. This caused the rise of obesity along with Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart failure and more. The future leaders of this country should start coming up with solutions to fix this obesity problem and asking the question, if fast food business are culpable? Americans need to stop taking one more bit of the laden burger that can be a closer  step to their death. Millennials need to learn more about the importance of person responsibility to stop America's problem with obesity and obesity related diseases.

As a Human one of the most unnoticed aspects of life is being as healthy as possible and taking care of your body, we tend to take other health for granted and never look at the possible outcome of an unhealthy life style. One of the most dangerous aspect of life that we as human don’t realize is obesity in the world. what is obesity? Obesity is a disorder that involves excessive body fat which can not only increases the risk of health problem but can also be life threatening. obesity is usually caused from the results of your body taking in more calories than those that your body burns from doing a daily activity or exercising daily. In the united states of American obesity is one of the highest fates in the world about 35 percent male are obese and about 40.4 woman in the united states are obese. To make the united states a better overall healthier place we as a unite must lower this number.

Obesity is a problem in America, one that is continuously growing, with seemingly no end in sight. According to Jamie Oliver in his Ted Talk, Teach Every Child about Food, ¨diet related disease is the biggest killer in the US.¨ To fight the epidemic of obesity in the United States population, young children need to be educated about the difference between what eating a candy bar and what eating an apple can do to their bodies. Children also need to be taught about the immense health benefits that come with exercise. But, there is a debate as to where these teachings should come from. Some people simplify the problem and argue that children's parents can deal with this education. In reality, health and fitness education needs to be integrated into the place where children receive all other education, from the ages of four to early twenties, that place being school. Nobody wants to see the next generation add to the high percentage of already obese adults which “has more than doubled in the last 30 years”(Bittman 77).

Imagine someone going through what feels like a war about what they should and shouldn’t be eating. Imagine going through the tough problem of choosing between listening to your stomach growling practically forcing you to eat , or listening to your mind telling you that what you are doing is wrong and unhealthy. This is the definition of obesity. So many young American children are diagnosed with this disease because of eating unhealthy foods in large portions, and not getting enough exercises. Obesity does more than just increase the numbers on a weight scale, but can lower the confidence of so many children. Humiliation. Ashamed. But most of all, guilt. How could they let this happen to them? These are just some of the many emotions that those diagnosed with obesity feel. Eating for those with obesity feels like a drug. They don't control it ─ there mind does. It is as much a physical disease as a mental disease. Children with obesity should NOT be consumed with what they are consuming, and instead, they should learn proper eating habits and different ways to bring exercise into their life.

But, this increased access will not help us if our citizens never utilize it. They will need to commit to a healthier lifestyle and limit their daily calorie intake. An exercise plan would also help in implementing a healthy lifestyle in our community. All it takes is an hour of physical activity (outside) each day instead of sitting inside on the couch eating potato chips. If we can commit to an hour of exercise each day, then we will be very successful in fulfilling a healthy lifestyle in our communities. With those steps completed, surely our percentages and ranks will drop to a more reasonable level. Our ultimate goal is for our citizens to live a healthy lifestyle, and with this plan we believe that it can happen.

This generation is dying and no one is doing much about it. The people have no one to blame but themselves. They give into temptation and pay for food that is terrible for their health. Although is it really the people's fault? The food industries are made to finesse people into being consumers, starting with making the healthy foods extremely expensive and then making the unhealthy foods less than a couple buck plus and three times the healthy serving size. Instead of blaming the people tell the food industries to change their whole ordeal.

America’s obesity problem may not seem like it’s not a big deal to the blind eye, but it’s without a doubt an issue that needs more attention. This epidemic has gotten well out of control, the number of cases has significantly risen, and it’s not going down anytime soon by the looks of our nation's eating habits. Most people would stop and grab a burger, rather than a salad, when knowing the salad is the healthier choice but it’s also more expensive than a burger. Therefore, making the customer opt to buy the burger because it’s a cheaper choice, they’re buying it at the expense of their health, even though consumers are responsible for what they decide to put in their mouths, it’s not entirely their fault, fast food industries and the government also plays a part in the obesity increase. Americans have been lacking the intelligence on how unhealthy the food they ingest really is. Most families in the past had three healthy home cooked meals a day, as to now it is convenient and easier to stop at a fast food restaurant. The public is blaming the consumer, parents, and also blaming the industries. So who is at fault? To prevent the number of people with obesity and other related diseases from increasing people ages 18-26 years old need to take personal responsibility and inspire the fast food industry to provide a healthier nutritional on how to take care of the body.