Obesity in the United States
Obesity has been a serious health problem in the United States in the past ten years. More and more people suffer from obesity and the problem should not be ignored. We should tackle it wisely and effectively. In this paper, we are going to analyse the obesity situation in the United States and recommend solutions for those who are suffering from this sickness. Furthermore, the other purpose of this paper is to encourage people to do more excercise and have more healthy meals in order to maintain a better body health.
What is obesity? According to the definition of obesity in the United States of America Centers for disease control and prevention, obesity and overweight are described as : Both labels for ranges of weight that are greater than what is generally considered healthy for a given height. The terms also identify ranges of weight that have been shown to increase the likelihood of certain diseases and other health problems(United States of America Center of disease control and prevention, definition "Obesity"). Moreover, definitions of obesity of adults
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and teens are different. As for adults, obesity ranges are determined by a number calculated with weught and height which is called the "Body mass index" (BMI) (United States of America Center fot disease control and prevention). BMI can show how fat or obese the person is. For example, if an adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered as overweight and has a BMI over 30 is considered as obese. As a healthy adult, their BMI will be between 18.5 and 24.9. As for teens and children, the method of measuring BMI is different. The BMI of a child need to be compared with other children at that age-range so that they can account the differencees in body fat.
The number of obese adults in the United States has been increasing in the recent
What is obesity? According to the definition of obesity in the United States of America Centers for disease control and prevention, obesity and overweight are described as : Both labels for ranges of weight that are greater than what is generally considered healthy for a given height. The terms also identify ranges of weight that have been shown to increase the likelihood of certain diseases and other health problems(United States of America Center of disease control and prevention, definition "Obesity"). Moreover, definitions of obesity of adults
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and teens are different. As for adults, obesity ranges are determined by a number calculated with weught and height which is called the "Body mass index" (BMI) (United States of America Center fot disease control and prevention). BMI can show how fat or obese the person is. For example, if an adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered as overweight and has a BMI over 30 is considered as obese. As a healthy adult, their BMI will be between 18.5 and 24.9. As for teens and children, the method of measuring BMI is different. The BMI of a child need to be compared with other children at that age-range so that they can account the differencees in body fat.
The number of obese adults in the United States has been increasing in the recent
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