Category: Obesity

On average, 2.8 million people die from the obesity epidemic every year. For most, obesity can be caused by eating too much and exercising too little. If the energy consumed from food is not burned off, it will transform into fat. Body mass index, an indicator for weight, is 18.5 to 24.9 for a healthy…

Look at obesity rates in Northern CA vs. Midwest Productivity would increase, as people would take fewer sick days. Also, the presence of food deserts, or neighborhoods that dont have easy access to healthy and nutritious foods, makes socioeconomic status a factor in obesity. Perhaps helping fund community gardens and farmers markets where EBT and…

There are 7 billion people on this earth. 30% of that number are morbidly obese. Thats 2.1 billion men, women, and children literally eating themselves to death. While it seems harsh to put it that way, quite frankly, facts do not care about your feelings. I myself have been fat for most of my life,…

In this day and age, it is undeniable that computer games are the most enjoyable way to eliminate stress after school as well as work. It has become ubiquitous over the past ten years with almost ages because of the advances in technology. Access to computers has increased significantly and the number of children playing…

The aim of this essay is to focus on obesity in adults and this essay will be exploring the physiological and socioeconomic effects of obesity on the health and wellbeing of individuals as well as its influence on the wider society. The essay will further identify and evaluate one current health promotion strategy/policy from the…

The problem of obesity has developed into an epidemic in the past few years. The number of overweight people in the world is growing. Obesity can cause more serious consequences, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and psychological problems. Therefore, I will point out the causes of obesity and the measures that can…

The origin of the concept of obesity can be traced back to 30,000 years, to our prehistoric ancestors. In the Stone Age, in the Middle Ages, and in the 17th century overweight indicated prosperity, power, and fertility. Prehistoric statuettes, including the famous Venus of Willendorf, depicted abdominally obese women. Hippocrates (460 BC370 BC) described the…

Abstract There has been a significant increase in the near global populations daily per capita supply of food is the result of globalisation and industrialisation. While the cause of obesity at the individuals level is based on the amount of energy consumption that is exceeding the impact of energy expenditure by habitual behaviour towards and…

Introduction Body fat is stored as an energy storage for the body and is used to prolong survival if and individual is faced with food deprivation (Harvey & Wither,2008). In order for the body to function well the it needs a certain amount of body fat (Harvey & Wither,2008). In spite of that having excessive…

Obesity is the disease of this era, its prevalence has grown so much in the last decades because of the sedentary lifestyle most of us live today, and with that came an increase in a lot of other diseases shown to have a correlation with Obesity and one of these diseases is osteoporosis. Osteoporosis occurs…