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
Shelly Ju-Hsing Lu Professor Littwin English 2-26 Feb 17th 2014 Obesity: An Annotated Bibliography Obesity has been a global problem in the last decades. Especially in America, the obesity problem became a major healthy concern. Not only adults but also children, obesity became a fast-growing epidemic in the world. In this paper, I will develop the causes, prevalent, prevention and more valuable information of obesity. Bellisari , Anna .
20 that “The poor cannot be expected to save, because they need every dollar for basic needs such as food and shelter. Middle class people will save something for emergencies, children's education, or old age. But they have many immediate needs and desires, and in any case their savings will eventually be consumed, especially after retirement. The rich, however, are different. They have so much money that, in aggregate, they simply cannot spend it all.
In the film, two factors were shown related to why diet-related illness is increasing in young people. One is because junk food such as chips and cookies are cheaper than fruits and vegetables and for families on fixed income they are going to choose the cheaper products because it is all they can afford. Another factor is because when the children are
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
Instead of having a healthier food, it would be expensive and not tasty s good as the junk food. Students do not have that much money so that they would not buy any food from the school if the lunch policy is changed. Some students in Los Angeles Baptist High School are concerning about not having that much money. Therefore, students will bring their own food instead of buying food from the school because it is expensive and not tasty as good as the junk food because junk foods are including a lot of sugars and salts. But healthier foods are not.
America’s Obesity Crisis America’s obesity problem is growing everyday. America’s obesity rate is about thirty- three percent, which is about one- third of adults; Approximately seventeen percent of children from the ages of two to nineteen are obese (CDC). Instead of taking personal responsibility, Americans are blaming McDonalds for their weight and health issues. They have taken it as far as pinning the fast food chain with lawsuits. I do not think that McDonalds should be held accountable for America’s obesity crisis.
Eating out to fast foods, and not eating healthy. In the community you have them building more corner store, liquor stores and fewer grocery stores. To me that’s not a good idea. That will attract a person’s attention and they will just spend their money on what’s not important. As an individual you may not have time to cook.
With jam packed schedules, we don’t allow ourselves time to make healthy meals at home. Instead, we opt for the super size or big kid meal because it’s fast and easy. This is the very reason, I believe, for America’s obesity situation as it is today. One study showed that, children who are obese are more likely to die before the age of 55 than of a child who is not obese. The study also stated that a child with high blood pressure is likely to die before reaching 55 (New York Times, 2010).
American Obesity Epidemic Joe-Anne McCormick Anthropology 101 Jonathan Sharpe October 25, 2010 The American culture in the last 30 years has become obese. Obesity among African American and Hispanic children and adults is a growing epidemic in the United States. However,” obesity among immigrants may reflect adaptation of the U.S. lifestyle, such as increased sedentary behavior and poor dietary patterns.”(Goel, 2004) Nutritionists and health experts say that obesity is linked to serious and life-threatening illnesses and disabilities that carry enormous economic and public health costs. (Loonin 2007) Such health problems include heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers.