Essays on Obesity

Childhood obesity is becoming a top concern to the United States citizens. Today close to a third of the United States either suffers from overweight or obesity. The hard-hit group is the teenagers and children, and as at now around 23 million youth and teenagers suffer from overweight or obesity....

According to Loseke, (2017) Wright Mills one of the leading sociologists of the 20th century argues that a need transforms into a social problem if it becomes a widely shared experience within the community. An issue that has caught the attention of not only the national government but also the globe...

Obesity and Its Effects Obesity refers to health condition where fat in the body is excess. The Body Mass Index (BMI) is extensively utilized as the screening procedure to determine the existence of the disease. Moreover, childhood obesity is long-term and immediate effects on emotional, social, and physical health (Sahoo et...

The rates of obesity have increased significantly in the recent past due to factors such as the sudden change of lifestyle and poor feeding habits(James et al, 2001 p,9). People rarely engage in physical exercises despite the poor diet. According to a recent report, people’s body mass index, which determines...

The government has tried to see that the suffering of the obese blacks come to an end. It has done this by trying to pass legislation acknowledging the equal rights of all the citizens. The government has tried to emphasize on the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It declared that...

Childhood obesity is becoming a top concern to the United States citizens. Today close to a third of the United States either suffers from overweight or obesity. The hard-hit group is the teenagers and children, and as at now around 23 million youth and teenagers suffer from overweight or obesity....

The rates of obesity have increased significantly in the recent past due to factors such as the sudden change of lifestyle and poor feeding habits. People rarely engage in physical exercises despite the poor diet. According to a recent report, people’s body mass index, which determines whether a person is...

Introduction Some of the modern lifestyle medical problems include diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity. The fact that three generations of my family have the condition has piqued my curiosity in the topic. The three illnesses are present in my mother, grandmother, and great grandma. When I was a young kid,...

Obese or overweight people need knowledge about their body weights, the foods they should eat, and the exercise they need to lose weight. Myfitnesspal is a CHI program that enables users to input data about their exercise habits, diet, current weight, and desired duration. (Anon, 2017). The app analyzes the...

Based on a person's body mass index, obesity is defined as having too much bodily weight. (BMI). Obesity has seen an increase in prevalence in recent years, and both the general public and health officials have identified this trend as a serious public health problem. Researchers have looked into obesity...

For many communities, the prevalence of obesity is nothing new, and as new technologies are developed and the world becomes more interconnected, the problem only gets worse. Public health is hampered by the rapid increase in obesity in developed countries, where over 25% of the population is obese. If no...

Childhood Obesity and the Rise of Fast Food Industries Over the past few years, there has been an increase in childhood obesity in America. According to the most recent data, obesity among young people and obesity-related diseases have increased dramatically over the past thirty years. In reality, since the early 1970s,...