Food is very addictive just as cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana. We live in an environment of toxic food. Our schools vending machines are overflowing with cookies, candies, cakes and sodas. Our favorite restaurants do not provide us with a clear and concise label on what we are eating. Obviously our kids are becoming overweight with all of the unhealthy choices they have to choose from.
Discrimination at Large Growing up, obesity has always been an issue in my family. I have watched most of the women in my family go from diet to diet in the hopes of losing weight. We as a society have placed so much emphasis on looking a certain way or thinking skinny is healthy that we have created a stereotype where being overweight is seen as gross or unhealthy. Obesity is stereotyped in a negative way in many countries. Studies have shown that adults describe obese people by undesirable attributes such as lazy, unappealing, unhappy, unpopular and sloppy (Harris et al., 1982; Tiggemann and Rothblum, 1988; Ryckman et al., 1989; Cogan et al., 1996).
Mary gives Clara some suggestions. First she tells Clara that while her diet is very high in fat it is also very high in carbohydrate, especially simple sugars. “I should try that diet advertised on T.V. If I cut all of the carbohydrate, I can lose 50 pounds (23 kgs) this month!” Clara announces. Mary rolls her eyes.
On the other hand, bulimia nervosa is characterized by inappropriate weight reducing behavior (vomiting, laxative or diuretic abuse, excessive exercise, fasting) at least twice a week and large uncontrolled binge eating at least twice a week. In spite of this extreme weight loss, people with these eating disorders usually believe they are fat and are terrified of becoming what is in fact a normal weight or shape. Anorexia nervosa most commonly starts in the mid-teens. About one in a hundred 16 to 18 year olds has the illness. It is much more common in girls.
My middle name soon became McDonald’s To me fast food was my long lost lover, If I didn’t have a cheeseburger or French fries , I would have an ice cream milk shake. I was slowly poisoning my body with these toxics. Fried food was always calling my name. I couldn’t resist I was committing nutritional suicide. As a result I went from 200 lbs to 255.
According to Journal of Pediatrics (2010), “40% of obese children already have 2 or more risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercise is the leading cause. The case study of Jenna Riley presents a 14 year old teenager who’s struggling with her weight and diabetes. In addition, she is very self-conscious about her weight and feels emotionally rejected by her friends because she is overweight. According to National Institutes of Health (2011), "Children with obesity-related diabetes may have serious difficulties making basic lifestyle changes” (Obese teens and diabetes, para.).
One example which shows this is the case of Juliet. Juliet had been obese until she lost six stone two years ago. Obesity is a Body Mass Index (the relationship between weight, height, sex and age) of greater than 30kg/m2, where body fat has accumulated to a health-threatening extent. Juliet described habitually overeating from an early age and felt destined to be fat. Over time, Juliet began to associate eating, especially sugary foods, with emotional comfort.
Poorly Obese Wanavia T. Wilson University of Phoenix Instructor: Lisa Hunt Poorly Obese Obesity has become all too common, even though most people know being obese is a very serious health concern that can lead to diseases like cardio vascular disease, strokes, and type 2 diabetes. The problem is many people cannot afford to eat healthy, and they do not exercise. In the article “Poverty and Obesity in the U.S.”, by James A. Levin; he speaks about obesity being higher amongst impoverished communities. I would have to agree with his point of view, because I have seen it, first hand, being raised in one of these communities. People buy what is affordable over what is healthy, because they live on a strict budget.
This is because the models that are shown in magazines today are size double zero. According to the National Eating Disorder Association, 80% of women are dissatisfied with their appearance. Young girls are motivated to do extreme diets by the physical ideals they see every day in the media. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, as many as 10 out of 100 young women suffer from an eating disorder. Young women want to look like the models they see in the media, but most images are modified with special computer effects, so they have no chance of looking like them.
Should Fast Foods Be Allowed in Schools? “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 percent of children (over 9 million) 6-19 years old are overweight or obese – a number that has tripled since 1980” (What Are Children Munching On?). Though many reasons contribute to this overwhelming fact, one is the overeating of fast food. Because of its supposed “ease” and convenience, fast food has swept the world in a sort of epidemic. The easy way out to being healthy and eating right for ones body, fast food has plagued the nation especially with diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and even strokes or heart attacks.