Category: Obesity

Abstract Obesity represents one of the major health emergencies in developed countries. India is now behind US and China in this international list of top 10 countries with elevated amount of obese people. Obesity has been attributed in the causation of a number of metabolic disorders together with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, cardiovascular disease and cancers…

Introduction Obesity is becoming more common everyday and is a serious global epidemic affecting many countries in the world. As of 2017, the US is the most obese country in the world, with more than 100 million people to be classified as overweight. The condition can result from different varieties of causes, some which people…

Introduction Obesity in adolescents is considered to be an epidemic in the United States and a critical health priority. It is said that nearly one-third of U.S. youths now are overweight or obese, and among those ages 12 to 19, obesity rates have more than tripled (Lavizzo 2) showing the United States that adolescents have…

Abstract Middle-Aged Adults have so much to be mindful about from the concerns of income, housing, employment, marriage, health concerns and to top it off how to maintain a healthy lifestyle through diet that would help prevent obesity. With the hype over so many new and so-called improved diet plans that can help some lose…

Introduction Obesity is now being recognized by the world obesity federation as chronic relapsing, and progressive disease. The emphasis on the need for immediate intervention to prevent and manage this global epidemic has been widely recognized across the literature. The recognition of obesity as a disease encourages practitioners to research and review approaches with the…

Obesity is currently a major issue in the United States due to social media, technology, and everyday life, which needs to be controlled because it can eventually lead from minor to major health issues. Obesity is the condition if being overweight; a condition characterized by excessive accumulation and storage of fat in the body. Obesity…

The issue of obesity is important because more than 1 in 3 adults are considered to have obesity. This issue is controversial because while some believe that the government is the cause of obesity, others believe that it is a persons own doing. My opinion on this issue is that fast food places like McDonalds,…

Introduction In the last 20 years, the lifestyle that people lead throughout their daily lives pose several health risks, and therefore has resulted in a great influx of health issues. Due to shifts in nutrition as well as other contemporary factors such as poverty and chronic eating issues, along with the fast foods chains across…

This essay will discuss how some of the key concepts and ideas in the Sociological Imagination (reference?) can be linked to the current issue of obesity in the UK. Despite the prevention of obesity being somewhat under the control of an individual, I will argue that high obesity rates can be caused by much larger…

Obesity is a medical condition which involves the build up of excess body fat to a degree at which the risk of obtaining chronic illnesses (such as diabetes, cancer or heart failure) is increased. It is commonly defined by using a person’s BMI (body mass index) which is simply calculated by dividing weight (kg) by…