Learn Some Facts On Obesity
March 20, 2008
Obesity is a common problem in countries like America, India etc. In America one in every three person is classified as obese. Obesity is a condition where an adult person is not able to maintain a balance between his calories intake and energy expenditure. Thus the person is said to be in an obese condition. Obesity is determined through a formula called Body mass Index (BMI). If BMI is more than 30, the person is said to be obese.
Factors Responsible for Adolescent Obesity:
These teenagers are at considerable risk of becoming obese adults. As children unhealthy eating habits and poor food choices were main reasons contributing to children obesity. Also lack of Exercise has been a leading cause of child obesity. These children in turn grow into in obese adults. Since a few years there is a considerable increase in the percentage of obesity in adults. This is due to the fact that these growing adolescents have started working at an early age. Business lunches, convenient take always, kiddie’s fast food treats, family meals.
Eating out is on a rise for this generation. Thus all these factors are largely responsible for adolescent obesity not only in developed countries but also in developing countries. These teenagers are at considerable risk of becoming obese adults, which predisposes them to a number of medical as well as psychological problems. Apart from spending time, money and effort on spreading awareness, there is also a need to implement programs for controlling obesity and its treatment.
A Few Hard Facts On Obesity
We have seen what is obesity, its definition, the factors that are responsible for obesity., now we are going to study some hard facts of obesity.
One Third Of Adult Americans Are Obese
Another fact on obesity reveals that, there are about one hundred million people in America, or fifty-five percent who are overweight, and one third of adult Americans are obese. Furthermore, over the next ten years or so, seventy to eighty percent of all heart disease deaths may occur in type II diabetics, and obesity is the primary cause of such a condition.
Other facts on obesity reveal that that an estimated ninety-seven million Americans are overweight, of which thirty-eight million are obese, and in the preceding twenty years, the number of children that were obese is thought to have doubled. Obesity in African-American girls is the fastest growing among all the different demographic groups in America.
Some more harder facts on obesity show that underscore the dangers of such a condition, and if one goes into adulthood and turns twenty and is morbidly obese, and a male, it would result in their losing twelve to thirteen years of life, while in the case of females, it would result in a loss of eight years of their lives. A pretty frightening thought, if one considers it as a twenty percent loss of life expectancy. Thus obesity is a great threat to life expectancy as well.
Other facts about obesity include that it can occur due to any reason, anywhere. It is a complex as well as multi-factorial chronic disease that may occur due to environmental (social and cultural) factors or genetic, physiologic, metabolic as well as behavioral and psychological factors, and leads in being the cause of preventable deaths in the U.S.
Summary:
Apart from the above facts, It is also known that obesity increases the risk of illnesses, and is associated with increase in deaths from all causes. Persons with obesity problems will be more likely to be at risk of impaired mobility as well as be the butt of social stigmatization and discrimination when seeking employment or entering academic institutions.
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