Though, many physicians argue that a BMI of 25 kg/m2 or greater is a serious health issue and needs to be changed for its own sake. I will try to argue that, it is our everyday living and eating habits that influence the way we look in the mirror and this caloric imbalance and lack of exercise is what needs to be changed. “An excess of energy intake over expenditure leads to storage of energy in the form of fat” (474.) A simple calculation stated in “Caloric Imbalance and Public Health Policy” written by Koplan and Dietz. After a survey conducted between 1977 and 1978 and 1994 to 1996, the U.S. Dept.
Supersize Me Critique Blank University of Pennsylvania Supersize Me Critique Title: Supersize Me Year: 2004 Production Company: Roadside Attractions & Samuel Goldwin Films Soundtrack Writers: Michael Parrish Lead Actors: Morgan Spurlock The purpose of this film is to demonstrate that the United States has approached epidemic obesity and its long-term effect on health due to unhealthy consumption of fast foods. Inspired by a lawsuit of two teenagers against the franchise McDonald’s, Morgan Spurlock embarks on an exaggerated experiment of a 30 day diet of exclusively McDonald’s. He ascertains that his experiment will cause him to gain weight and his health will deteriorate. The rules are simple: eat foods exclusively purchased at McDonald’s, super-size a meal each time asked, eat all three meals, and try everything on the menu at least once. Furthermore, he limits his physical activity to that of an average American.
Fast food can be good for you if you eat the fast food correctly. Fast food is supposed to be eaten once a month. Not only can they eat fast food but there are also other types of food, this is how we see my point, it is not all about
In said chapter, the reader finds quotes such as two by Diane Martindale “Foods that are excessively high in fat and sugar, can cause changes to your brain and body that make it hard to say no.” and “Exposure to fatty foods may quickly reconfigure the body’s hormonal system to want yet more fat.” (Fast Food 12-13). A man took this statement so intensely that he took it to the levels of lawsuit. The fifty-two year old man blamed all the fast-food companies for his diabetes, overweightness, and his two heart-attacks. He claims that it is unfair to people, not telling them the harmful substances they eat, and making the substances quote addictive. He was soon backed by a few universities that didn’t really make a difference in the long
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DiabetesResource/story?id=4021965&page=2#.UIiB98XA-ls. Heller, C. (n.d.). The relationship between fast food and obesity. Retrieved from http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Relationship-Between-Fast-Food-And-Obesity&id=734288 Kant, A. K. (2000). Consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods by adult Americans: nutritional and health implications.
Running head: A Patient Conversation Cholesterol: A Patient Conversation SC121-04 Explaining Cholesterol to a Patient Keeping an eye on your cholesterol is very important to your overall health and life. If you have high cholesterol it could put you at risk for many health concerns such as heart attack and stroke. High cholesterol allows fatty deposits to develop in your blood vessels which slow the flow of blood in your arteries ("High cholesterol Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic," 2014). Although high cholesterol can be genetic, most of the time it is a result of the way you live and things you eat. Eating healthy and getting regular exercise can go a long way to staying healthy and sometimes medication can help reduce cholesterol.
As shown by the statistics that he presents, Type 2 diabetes has greatly increased lately as a result of obesity , which has led to the spending of an incredible amount of money towards its treatment. Basically the message that David Zinczenko passes through this article is that things have to change in order to decrease the negative health and economically related problems. We collectively need to do something about it. On the other hand, Radly Balko , the author of the article “ What you eat is your business “ presents the issue from a totally different point of view. Just by reading the title of the article we can tell his position which is more about personal responsibility rather than collective.
Almost one-third of adults in the U.S. are obese, and more than two-thirds of adults are overweight. Obesity rates have increased by 214 percent between 1950 and 2000(Livestrong.com). Also According to livestrong.com, the main cause for the increase it weight among American’s is lack of exercise, as well as the convenience of fast food, and caloric increase. This rise in obesity has increased diseases such as heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. As a country, we are spending over $190 billion a year treating these diseases, diseases that could be prevented by increasing exercise and decreasing calories.
This medical term is called hyperglycemia. Family history and genes also play an important role in this type of diabetes. Low activity level, an excess of body weight around the waist, and a poor diet, increases the risk of acquiring this devastating disease. Your health care provider may suspect you have diabetes if your blood glucose levels are higher than 200 mg/dL. Symptoms of this type of diabetes are: fatigue, hunger, increased thirst, and increased in urination.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, obesity rates have tripled in America's youth and adults since 1980 America needs to understand that not the only people getting larger, but so are their children. We are leading children to poor health and a poor understanding of what exercise and being active can do for you. With schools limiting PE classes and sporting budgets, exercise has been something only merely talked about rather than being practiced. Children are being diagnosed with Cardiovascular disease which is one of the leading causes of death in our nation and many other chronic diseases. Because of the significance of fast food chains in America, we feel the urge for an easy meal, Americans, in general, immediately look to the fast food nation for a quick suppression to their hunger.