The geography of childhood obesity is largely the geography of poverty. There's no pretending that differences in income and education are huge factors to obesity. Families that live in low-income areas, like inner cities, don’t have the money to buy healthy foods, nor do they have the access. The nonprofit “The Food Trust”, states that there are 23.5 million Americans that live in communities without grocery store access. These kids grow up eating fast food, believing it is real food, which is more than likely a belief they will continue into
Cont. Comp. Who is To Blame? Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat. A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight and as fast food companies grow, so does America's rise in obesity.
Very affordable, they may seem attractive to anyone hoping to save time and money, but ultimately fast foods slow us down. Fast-restaurants offer too many easy calories and unhealthful ingredients that contribute to the problem of obesity in the United States. Therefore, the question is: to what extent have fast food restaurants changed Americas eating habits? Eric Schlosser, an investigative journalist, points out the impact of fast food on health and food production around the world in a book called Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal explores the effects of the spread of
Fat, Fatter, Fattest More then half of America’s population is overweight. This number is climbing and will not stop unless we do something about it quick. Obesity has found a new home and it is right out side your door, America. Americans have become the fattest group of people in the world. It is becoming a serious epidemic, killing thousands of people a year.
Such foods have very poor nutritional value, but are the most affordable. Another effect of this poor economy is that people are looking for the best value for their buck, leading to bigger portions. Even the fast food chains have caught on. With their “dollar menus,” it is sometimes cheaper to buy a dollar sandwich for everyone, than it is to go to the store and purchase fresh food to cook a healthy meal. I have noticed that the opposite is also true.
Cody Dilsaver Ms.Martin English 110 11/3/14 Childhood Obesity in America Childhood obesity has developed into one of the biggest problems America faces today. Around the world, America has developed a reputation of obesity, something we should be humiliated of. It wasn’t like that 30 years ago; our society has developed a lifestyle accustomed to binge eating and immobility. Portion sizes have increased, fast food has become a cheap and convenient alternative for dinner, and children’s social lives have deformed into web-based. The responsibility to prevent and repair childhood obesity is primarily on the shoulders of parents, government, and children themselves.
Abstract “Would you like that meal large or supersize today?” Not only does that question get asked hundreds, if not thousands, of times a day; it is now being applied to children’s meals. America is drowning in fat. The statistics are staggering when compared to other countries around the world. In September of 2011, America topped the charts with 30.6 percent obesity. Not only are we doing this to ourselves, now we are doing this to our children.
Obesity Obesity has become one of the major issues in the United States of America. Obesity is body weight that exceeds the amount of weight considered healthy. The United States of America is a country that is known for its obesity rates. The United States of America is the country with the highest obesity rate with 30.6 percent. The main cause of obesity in this country is the business of fast food because it’s very cheap and very unhealthy.
Greenblatt (2003) said the military has recently been complaining about its new troops’ health. This is because there are so many new soldiers in the armed forces in less than adequate physical condition due to obesity that they can’t finish basic training (‘Soft and Flabby’ Section, para. 3). Fast Food as the Cause of Obesity Due to the rising costs that obesity is incurring such as health care, costly commercial attempts at weight loss, death, and compromised national security, it would be wise for America to make better attempts at resolving the
Sarah Doris English 1020 2 May 2010 Our Heifer Nation Obesity is a complex disease for which no single cause or cure exists. One gains weight when he\she takes in more calories than he\she burns off, but obesity is influenced by environmental factors, such as fast food, and lack of sidewalks, and even media itself; psychological factors, which include depression as well as the; and genetic factors, such the genes that you inherit from your parents; So why is it happening? The obvious, almost trivial answer is that we eat too much high-calorie food and don't burn it off with enough exercise. The rising epidemic reflects the profound changes in society and in behavioral patterns of communities over recent decades. While genes are important