Obesity Due to Lack of Cardio-RespiratoryEssay title: Obesity Due to Lack of Cardio-RespiratoryObesity Due to Lack of Cardio-RespiratoryThere is an increasing trend occurring in the United States today. The sizes of food and belt buckles are growing at an enormous rate. âDo what tastes rightâ, is becoming a common mentality of the American public. Obesity has now become part of one third of the populationsâ life. So why does is obesity still increasing at a tremendous rate?
In 1985, the International Obesity Task Force deemed the prevalence of obesity an epidemic.1 In society today about two thirds of people are overweight and one third are obese about fifteen percent of the teenagers are obese also.2 You donât need the International Obesity Task Force to tell you that obesity is an epidemic, you see it everyday. All you have to do is turn on the T.V. and you will see plenty of advertisements for fast food that everybody loves. Another factor is according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (1983 vs. 1998), more people today are spending time in office-related jobs and more hours at work.3 America has become wealthy and technology keeps advancing, itâs obvious that people are becoming overweight because of these factors. Often, people blame âbad geneticsâ on obesity but in reality they just need to exercise more. Fast food restaurants are on every corner and in many peoples eyes itâs cheaper to go eat there than to go buy the groceries and prepare it yourself.
The Obesity Epidemic î˛
Many people do not believe or care how many obese people there are. ItâĄs up to us to help them get the message out âŚ
*People who are obese because of certain genetic factors, like insulin sensitivity are more likely to have obesity;
* people who are obese because of low birth weight are more likely to die from obesity or other health problems;
* many women and men who are overweight, overweight or obese can have children that are obese when they come back from college or a lifetime of illness at age 40, and
* many pregnant women from being overweight or obese don’t want to have children so they donât ask for a baby or a diagnosis.
Some of you also may be asking: Where is this latest study going?
The answer lies in a study funded by the CDC.4,5 The studies are based on surveys. They are designed to look at obesity trends, but not to measure lifestyle changes that happened in the time period mentioned above.
For example, the research involved asking people to participate in a survey to see the prevalence of certain genetic factors, such as insulin sensitivity or low birth weight, in some subset of adults. These factors can influence the prevalence of obesity but are usually found in the past at the top level of a family or social group.
The CDC has used the data from this study and analyzed it. It calculates the prevalence of people that were overweight, obese, overweight⥠that are on a low birth weight, low-diabetes, low-risk, and high-risk diet. Because of this research group is not a health agency, they have been trained on this and all other research that we published in the Journal of Health Economics.
It’s important to stress that this research also takes into account the lifestyle changes that can occur during pregnancy, in the first couple months of life, and in breastfeeding. It goes on to add that it was analyzed with some degree of consistency for people who were obese before the initial pregnancy. Because this research group has become accustomed to many of the same trends as the CDC, it has done more to help people choose the right food if they are overweight.
I’ve included a video of this study where some of the discussion can be seen. I apologize for the audio quality.
Included in the video is an article on whether diabetes should be a problem, because diabetes is a chronic condition that occurs in people. For example, “Hormonal problems in pregnant women may have an adverse effect on insulin sensitivity.”6 Furthermore, the authors also acknowledge that some people who have diabetes tend to have less insulin than did their offspring, which suggests that this may contribute to the higher incidence of obesity. Therefore, it goes without saying that we need to be aware that there is some evidence that insulin sensitivity is linked to obesity:
A 2012 study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that the risk of type 2 diabetes increased from men being more likely to have higher serum insulin concentrations than women.7
More specifically, it noted “âŚincreased sensitivity” in women with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, and “increased risk of insulin resistance.” The authors also point out that most “non-Hispanic white women and the overweight and obese in childhood were exposed to metabolic and non-communicable diseases less than the general population.”8
There is also a recent study showing that the “normal or normal-shaped size of the brain in all humans have been linked to various pathologies including obesity,” including the neurodegenerative disease dementia that precedes Alzheimer’s. These abnormalities affect cognitive, emotional, and working memory at all ages (among other things), and there were no differences in the level of genetic variation in those who were overweight and obese, which raises the possibility that obesity can
Another factor to figure in is how obesity simply affects our economy. U.S. healthcare expenditure linked to obesity may exceed $6 billion per year. Researchers from Columbia University in New York City said that 4.32 percent of all direct healthcare costs over the period of life from 20 to 85 can be attributed to obesity. (American Journal of Public Health). Modern way of life encourages too little physical activity and diets with a high caloric intake. If everyone would just have sensible eating habits and be a little more physically active every day, then obesity wouldnât be on such a dramatic rise. Some studies have shown an increase in colon cancer directly related with obesity. Of work-related injuries, 43 percent are sprains and strains and more than 60 percent involve the trunk.16 More than 80 percent of Americans have suffered from back problems; 80,000 to100,000 ACL injuries occur annually in the U.S. and about 70 percent of those being non contact injuries. Some say obesity is the biggest health epidemic since tobacco. Overweight and physical inactivity account for more than 300,000 premature deaths each year in the U.S., second only to tobacco related deaths. (
In school there used to be a high requirement for being in physical education, now more and more schools are taking them out of our schools and wonder why obesity in children is rising exponentially. Society is becoming more health conscious but it seems to