What are the causes and effects of the obesity crisis in America?

Introduction 

Obesity is one of the major growing concerns in America, which has increased the rate of diseases like heart diseases, cholesterol problem, diabetes, joint problems and various other diseases which also lead to death. In the past years there is increase in the rate of obesity in United States, which has proved that one of the main reasons for this is obesity. This created a major concern for the government to control the morbidity and mortality rate. This increase in the rate of obesity and its worst consequences also affected various health care agencies and organizations to control the rate of Obesity. There are a number of different reasons and causes of obesity like intake of sugar, lack of exercise, stationary lifestyle, and various other factors which are very common and required control.

Apart from all these causes of obesity which has resulted in the increase of rate of obesity in past years is over eating of junk food. These seemed two different concepts as over eating and eating of junk food are two separate causes of obesity, but studies and analysis of sudden increase in the rate of obesity has provided that in past years, over exposure of media and marketing of junk food have resulted in the overeating of eating junk food. It also involves the psychological factor as overexposure of tempting and delicious food products through mouth watering advertisements have resulted in the increase in the rate of obesity. This has mainly affected the children and young people who are main target of exposure and therefore, left with no other choice. It is now bombardment of fast food industries and their tempting advertisements. This is the reason that it also involves government concern to provide solution to prevent people from harmful effects, because it is one of the major responsibilities of the government.

Thesis Statement

Junk food is the major reason for obesity crisis in America.

Discussion

Obesity

Having an excessive amount of the fats in the normal human body is known as obesity. It is one of the hazardous health issues of the developed countries like United State. Children and adults both are affected from this problem of obesity. According to the current statistics approximately fraction of 2-5 year olds and one-third of school-age children including youth are plump or overweight in the U.S. (Ogden et al., p.1728). The rate of obesity in (1999-2000) was at 15%, a threefold boost over the past 30 years (Ogden et.al, p. 1729). Moreover, Two-thirds of U.S. adults are plump or overweight (Flegal et al., p.1723).while this obesity rate in (1999-2000) according to the national survey took in United State, in adult population two thirds of them is overweight, and one third is found to be obese (Flegal et.al, p. 1724).with increase in time this rate of obesity has increased in America.

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