David starts by teasing these overweight individuals that are bring a lawsuit against McDonalds, but then later admits that he used to be overweight as a child and was able to change his life around. He made a point to show health concerns with being obese and eating fast food regularly, such as type two diabetes which has risen about twenty-five percent since 1994. This raise in diabetes also requires much funding for the United States to spend to try to find a cure. David explains how there is very few alternatives for the youth of America because those health alternatives are more expensive and harder to find. False advertising is also another unpleasant practice that fast food companies use to lure in costumers.
Velychko 1 How We Eat Overeating habits that people have can cause health problems. Obesity can be a medical or a psychological problem and it’s one of the major problems that people have. People can have these habits of overeating because of many reasons. Both readings, “The Wage of Sin” by Francine Prose and “In Gorging, Truth”, by Jason Fagone argue about reasons of overeating. People are obese because of society that surrounds them.
The culprit is the fat tax, a tax that has long been debated on whether or not it will be employed. There has been an ongoing battle against foods that could potentially harm your body, turning the focus onto what is a part of our daily lives, rather than dangerous illegal substances. A fat tax is a tax applied to unhealthy foods, such as candy or sugar-loaded pop, to discourage consumers from ingesting foods that aren’t good for their health. If passed, this fat tax will become a huge nuisance to everyone and will unlikely be of any success. Factors such as one’s personal responsibility about the choices they make in their life, similar taxes and what the fat tax would concern, as well as the impact on successful businesses producing potentially taxed products that may influence on whether or not the fat tax becomes law.
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.
Cynthia Holland English 102 Professor Myers 2 March 2011 Word Count 1,184 How the Epidemic of Obesity is Taking Over America According to Barbara Mantel, the rate of obesity “has increased dramatically over the last 40 years, and in 2001 the nations surgeon general went so far as to call obesity an epidemic” (Mantel par. 1). The obesity epidemic has affected millions of live across the United States. There are important factors as to why obesity is such a problem in America, too many people are eating excessive portions of fast foods, people are getting less exercise, and with new technology being developed people are becoming more sedentary. The rate of obesity among the people of the United States has become alarmingly overwhelming.
The problem facing this population is the obesity and the core problem is not addressed. The symptoms are treated without addressing the obesity. “The increasing prevalence of obesity and its significant health consequences are straining our health-care system. In 2000, the total cost of obesity in the United States was an estimated $117 billion—$61 billion in direct costs and $56 billion in indirect costs” (Lee, 2010, p. 597). Some states have addressed these issues by starting with children and forcing schools to offer healthier lunches.
Lisa Miller states in her article ”Divided We Eat”, “As the distance between rich and poor continues to grow, the freshest, most nutritious foods have become luxury goods that only some can afford.” (Miller 190). As a consequence, rich people only would have access to healthy food. In America, millions of people are in poverty; suffering from food shortage because prices of food have twice more than in other places making families struggle in order to get healthy
Running head: CHILDHOOD OBESITY 1 Depression Linked To Childhood Obesity Courtney Ballard ENG 122 Danika Novak August 13, 2012 CHILDHOOD OBESITY 2 Depression Linked To Childhood Obesity Introduction Childhood obesity is a serious epidemic with multiple consequences, and a direct result of those consequences is depression. Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years (CDC, 2012, para. 1). Poor eating habits and lack of exercise play a major role in the onset of childhood obesity, which results in physical damage and health risks. The stresses of being physically unfit are incredible and the fears of being in danger health wise can be daunting.
With the terms often confused with each other, large people may be called the rather sensitive “obese”, and spark up fire. Being overweight means when your body has a bit more of body fat than is healthy, but being obese basically means your weight is made up of excessive fat. Either way, both terms have the Americans panicking with their physical fitness state. Fully two-thirds of Americans (about 67% percent) are officially overweight, according to TIME Magazine. Another 31% are
Child Obesity in America Child obesity is a growing problem in American societies these days. Children are getting bigger and bigger and the major cause to this problem is growing number of fast food restaurants, unhealthy diet, not enough nutrition in the body and lack of exercise. Moreover, there are plenty of statistics that prove that child obesity in America is at epidemic levels. Research has proven that in the last 30 years, the number of children who are overweight has tripled to 15%. Another research shows that one third of nation’s children are obese.