Obesity in the United States

Obesity is common in the United States but is a very serious health problem. People often condemn health due to lack of weight and slim people are becoming very common. Although the proportion of overweight people is negligible, the proportion of obese people in the main population is low, and this proportion is increasing every day. Individuals often place the rate of increase of obesity on factors that cause it, but the lack of self-control is actually the main reason. The general complaint about fast food restaurants is "to make people grow fat" (Buchholz 84's qtd).

The dramatic increase in the number of childhood obesity in the United States made it a pandemic disease in our country. Obesity is a threat to health for many children. Over the past 30 years, childhood obesity has more than doubled among children, and more than 4 times among young people. The obesity rate of children aged 6 to 11 in the US rose from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly, the proportion of obese adolescents aged 12 to 19 years increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period. (Fact of childhood obesity, 2015) What is obesity?

The solution to obesity is an important health problem in the United States. According to a survey by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about one-third of the population of the United States is obese. This ratio is twice as much as 20 years ago. Unfortunately, the obesity rate is still increasing every year. Thousands of people lose their lives each year due to obesity in the United States, but most Americans are not aware of the serious damage. Obesity is associated with many physical and mental illnesses. In order to solve this problem, individuals should acquire the habit of exercising every day; in addition, the government should raise people's awareness of healthy diet. Obesity can cause many physical and mental problems. It adversely affects health and can cause serious diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and certain cancers. Obesity not only causes physical problems but can also cause emotional problems.