Obesity in American
The most obese countries in the world are not necessarily the richest or most developed. In fact, the smaller countries such as Naura, Marshall Islands, Kuwait, Samoa, Palau have made it to the top 10. According to World Health Organization, food scarcity and food price increasing have connation with obesity in underdeveloped countries such as Venezuela, where the people difficult to have healthy diet and lost the eating balances. Therefore, the high calories and fried food become very popular for them.
The obesity problem is one of the largest health problems in America. Adult obesity rates have doubled since 1980, the childhood obesity rates have more than tripled. More than 30 diseases are now related to weight gain and …show more content…
Nutritionists and doctors generally classify people to be either obese, overweight, healthy weight or underweight. These classifications are based on body mass index, which is a measure of one’s fat based on their weight and height, (publichealth.org, 2016). In generally, obesity means have extra body fat, and for individual aged 35 and above, if BMI is higher than 30, that is considered to be obese. Generally, obesity means having extra body fat, and for individual aged 35 and above, having a BMI higher than 30 is considered to be obese. According to World health organization, a crude population measurement of obesity entails the BMI, which they define as a person’s weight divided by the square of their height. Therefore, an individual with a BMI of 25 and above is taken to be overweight. Obesity and overweight are the two major health risks cardiovascular illnesses. Obesity has also been taken to be a problem highly prevalent in high income countries. However, obesity and overweigh are now on the increase in low- and idle-income nations, especially in the urban …show more content…
(2016). Understanding the American Obesity Epidemic. Retrieved on 8th April 2016 from http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/WeightManagement/Obesity/Understanding-the-American-Obesity-Epidemic_UCM_461650_Article.jsp#.Vwf49M76G2k
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). Adult Obesity Facts. Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
Food Research & Action Center. (2015) Obesity in the U.S. Retrieved on 8 April 2015 from http://frac.org/initiatives/hunger-and-obesity/obesity-in-the-us/
Marks, J. (2003). Clinical Diabetes. American Diabetes Association. Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from http://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/22/1/1.full
Medicine Net. (2016). Obesity. Weight Loss. Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from http://www.medicinenet.com/obesity_weight_loss/article.htm
Public Health. (2016). Obesity in America. Why are Americans Obese? Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from http://www.publichealth.org/public-awareness/obesity/
Trust for America’s health. (2016). Obesity. Retrieved on 8 April 2016 from http://healthyamericans.org/obesity/
World Health Organization. (2016). Obesity. Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from
The most obese countries in the world are not necessarily the richest or most developed. In fact, the smaller countries such as Naura, Marshall Islands, Kuwait, Samoa, Palau have made it to the top 10. According to World Health Organization, food scarcity and food price increasing have connation with obesity in underdeveloped countries such as Venezuela, where the people difficult to have healthy diet and lost the eating balances. Therefore, the high calories and fried food become very popular for them.
The obesity problem is one of the largest health problems in America. Adult obesity rates have doubled since 1980, the childhood obesity rates have more than tripled. More than 30 diseases are now related to weight gain and …show more content…
Nutritionists and doctors generally classify people to be either obese, overweight, healthy weight or underweight. These classifications are based on body mass index, which is a measure of one’s fat based on their weight and height, (publichealth.org, 2016). In generally, obesity means have extra body fat, and for individual aged 35 and above, if BMI is higher than 30, that is considered to be obese. Generally, obesity means having extra body fat, and for individual aged 35 and above, having a BMI higher than 30 is considered to be obese. According to World health organization, a crude population measurement of obesity entails the BMI, which they define as a person’s weight divided by the square of their height. Therefore, an individual with a BMI of 25 and above is taken to be overweight. Obesity and overweight are the two major health risks cardiovascular illnesses. Obesity has also been taken to be a problem highly prevalent in high income countries. However, obesity and overweigh are now on the increase in low- and idle-income nations, especially in the urban …show more content…
(2016). Understanding the American Obesity Epidemic. Retrieved on 8th April 2016 from http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/WeightManagement/Obesity/Understanding-the-American-Obesity-Epidemic_UCM_461650_Article.jsp#.Vwf49M76G2k
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). Adult Obesity Facts. Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
Food Research & Action Center. (2015) Obesity in the U.S. Retrieved on 8 April 2015 from http://frac.org/initiatives/hunger-and-obesity/obesity-in-the-us/
Marks, J. (2003). Clinical Diabetes. American Diabetes Association. Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from http://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/22/1/1.full
Medicine Net. (2016). Obesity. Weight Loss. Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from http://www.medicinenet.com/obesity_weight_loss/article.htm
Public Health. (2016). Obesity in America. Why are Americans Obese? Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from http://www.publichealth.org/public-awareness/obesity/
Trust for America’s health. (2016). Obesity. Retrieved on 8 April 2016 from http://healthyamericans.org/obesity/
World Health Organization. (2016). Obesity. Retrieved on 3rd March 2016 from