Growing epidemic

Obesity A Growing Epidemic. The number of obese adults now exceeds 25 percent in nearly two thirds of states. The rates of obesity in America have risen in the last thirty years, costing Americans, health, happiness, money, and productivity (Obesity is a serious problem 12). In this research paper I will be telling you about arguments and opposing viewpoints about a growing epidemic in teens and adults, obesity. Currently this topic is very controversial about who is to blame the kids, the parents

Obesity is a growing epidemic that is puts lives at risk but can be controlled. This worldwide epidemic affects people of all ages. This is all just a matter of unhealthy diets. Most people consume unhealthy foods or mass amounts of food on a daily basis. The key to keeping obesity at a low is to watch what you consume and how much of it you consume. When you consume food you need to pay attention to the nutrition facts on the package. The serving size is the most important thing to keep you from

An epidemic affects many people at the same time, and spreads from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent. Because the autism diagnosis charts are raising every year, autism is considered a growing epidemic in the United States. For many years humanity has pondered the origin of autism. Autism originated from the greek word autos, meaning “self”. Many say that individuals with autism think to themselves, or is in their “own world”. This describes an autistic

Obesity in America: A Growing Epidemic Did you know that 31.6 % of South Carolina population is obese? Over the last few decades’ obesity has gotten out of control, more than 30.5% of adults and 17% of children are considered obese. What is Obesity? Obesity is a diseased connected to improper nutrition a way that the amount of the fatty tissue of the body stored from the food taken starts being completely unhealthy. I believe Americans aren’t getting sufficient exercise and are consuming too much

such as type II diabetes, coronary artery disease, and obesity. Currently, diseases such as obesity overwhelm the US healthcare system, which incurs major financial cost and negatively affects an individual’s quality of life. Particularly, the growing epidemic of obesity is affecting millions of people. Distressingly, the current generation of children is cited as the first generation that will not outlive their parents. Childhood obesity is defined as a child’s weight that is disproportionate to their

Considered as a disease by society since 2013, obesity has become a growing epidemic. It results from consuming an overly excessive amount of calories than the approximated two thousand that are necessary for everyday use. The extra calories that are not burned for immediate energy are stored as fat. This eventually leads to an accumulation of fat and thus, generates a large weight gain. It was once believed that obesity was only an issue for the developed countries, but globalization has changed

Bullying is a growing epidemic in today’s society and has become a pressing social and educational concern. It is often dismissed as typical adolescent behavior but ignoring the problem could be detrimental to the bully, the person being bullied, and even those who stand by witnessing the unkind acts but do nothing about it. Bullying can hinder academic, social, and emotional development and because it manifests in different forms, it is important to recognize the signs and address it with all

Painkillers: A Growing Epidemic I visit my grandmother every month at her house. We relive all of the happy moments we shared when I was growing up. On my latest visit, she did not want to talk about the good times we shared, and seemed almost annoyed I was there at all. After searching around her house, I noticed an empty bottle of prescription painkillers. I remembered her telling me the last time I talked to her that she was starting to take a new prescription pain medication, but that

standards. The shortage of space and the lack of sanitary systems allowed Cholera to take hold of Britain. Water pollution lead to the infection of the lower class and an entire area could receive the disease form a single source. Previous to the first epidemic, medical professionals understood very little about the spread of disease and how to handle conditions as serious as when Cholera arrived. Victims were often wrongly diagnosed and attempts to quarantine were met with resistance from merchants who

The story takes place during an epidemic outbreak that spread rapidly as well as vigorously. Steven Johnson begins the book in London during the nineteenth century (1854). The book discusses the contaminated conditions in England. More than two million people were living within a 10 mile radius. In particular, he starts by painting a picture of the lower class. He calls them rag-gatherers, deredgermen, bone-pickers, myud-larks, night soil men, and more. The main character in the story is a man