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Obesity

Jaelyn Hughes

Introduction to Healthcare Science

Mr. Monroe

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Introduction to Healthcare Science

21 November 2014

Obesity

People Affected by Obesity

Obesity is not just an adult concern it has affected children of all ages and preschoolers as well. Obesity effects every ethnic group and both men and woman in the ethnic group. Within the United States the adults affected by obesity or being overweight is more than two-thirds of the adult population (Food Research and Action Center FRAC, 2014). Extreme obesity is seen more in woman than men and the black woman have a higher obesity rate than the white or Hispanic woman. The children and the low-income preschoolers are in the lower 30 percentile range of amount affected by obesity. Obesity has affected more African-American and Hispanic children than Caucasian children. The economic status of the preschoolers affects the rate of preschoolers that are overweight or obese. Low-income preschoolers have a rate of 30.4 percent that are obese. There are many contributing factors to someone suffering from being overweight or obese.

Contributing Factors

Obesity is diagnosed as a condition that develops because of a person makeup. There genetics, family history, age and sex is considered factors of a person becoming obese. The lack of some type of physical activity and even the negative emotions that a person is experiencing are thought to be reasons a person becomes obese. Another major reason for the growing rate of obesity in the United States is society. People are eating foods that have more calories today and that are lacking nutrition that is needed to remain healthy. Society has used technology to make life comfortable from home. You can order your groceries from your cell phone and have it delivered to your house instead of going to the super market. There are limited walking areas or areas where people can exercise. In school now, there is no recess for the children to burn of them calories. The results of these factors are obese school age kids and adults.

Childhood Obesity

The consumption of food away from home more now than ever before is a major contributing factor to childhood obesity. The fast food that is consumed with the lack of physical activity among the children leads to the imbalance of calories in a child’s body. Children are watching TV and playing Video games instead of being outside playing, burning calories. In the past 30 years childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). Obese children health can be affected immediately and in the future as a result of being obese. Children can develop low self-esteem leading to serious psychological problems as a child and as an adult. In a population-based sample of 5 to 17 year olds, 70% of obese youth has a least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). The current First Lady Michelle Obama as set out to make a change in the number of children that are obese but making school lunches more nutritional. When a child is obese they are more likely to be obese as an adult. By the time a child becomes an adult after being obese throughout their childhood they are convinced that they were born to be obese.

Adult Obesity

In the United States, more than one-third of adults are obese. The obesity rates affect some ethnic groups more than others and among the blacks the more money the men made lead to a higher rate of obesity. With woman the more money they made the less likely they were to be obese. With education and obesity there is no difference in the men, but the woman that is educated tends to not be obese. Woman that obese tend to be woman that are less educated and make less money. Obesity in woman is directly connected to their lack of success in their life status. The adult level of obesity increased overall at all income and education levels. The adults suffering from obesity are more likely to suffer from a condition that leads to a death. These conditions include diabetes and heart diseases that can lead to a stroke or a heart attack. In 2008 the annual medical cost of obesity was $147 billion. The medical community as has recognized the health problem that obesity is causing and how hard it is to get under control. The question that has been widely discussed is rather obesity is a psychiatric disorder.

Psychiatric Disorder

A main reason that people are obese is the amount of food that they intake. They are eating large portions of food or foods that have a large amount of calories. For a person to lose weight they must simply burn more calories than they consume. A person should eat less to obtain this goal. The ability to eat less is a difficult task for a large group of obese people. They are overeating constantly and they can’t seem to be able to control the urge to put food in their mouth. The urge for food is the same as person that is addicted to drugs. Their addiction to food is considered to be a disorder. People are using over the counter drugs to curbed their appetite for food. Doctors are prescribing medicine to help people resist food just like they prescribe people to resist alcohol. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children and obese children have both been diagnosed with problems paying attention and focusing. Over half the children hospitalized for treatment for obesity meet the criteria for ADHD (Barry, PHD, Clarke, EdM, & Petry, PhD, 2009). Overeating could be considered as a disorder but are people really overeating or are they just eating more calories. This is an indicator that will continue to be a reason for obesity that few people have been able to overcome. This should be a simple task to conquer for people, but like any disorder is hard to resist what you desire rather it be drug or some deep fried chicken. Obesity must be prevented at an early stage of life and even at the earliest stage possible and that being before birth.

Prevention

The prevention of obesity can start as early as prenatally. Only 75% of mothers start out breastfeeding, and after 6 months only 13% of babies is exclusively breastfed (Sullivan PhD MSN RN CNE COI, 2014). Mother’s need to know that breastfeeding protects against childhood overweight and obesity. Parents can become educated and make the correct choices on the foods to feed their children. Formulate a plan to keep your child active to burns calories. Parents set the example for their children and have to understand that if the parent is overeating than most likely the child is overeating. Setting this type of tone when a child is young and having a healthy life style will help prevent the obesity. Children should not sit in the house all day playing video games or just watching TV all day. Develop a healthy lifestyle by balancing the amount of calories in to the amount of calories you burn. Have a healthy eating plan, eating foods that do not have a lot of calories. Physical Activity is an important part of an individual’s lifestyle. Being active will help reduce the risks associated with being obese.

Conclusion

Obesity is a problem that has grown rapidly. I cannot say that the future may drive to a career serving obese individuals, but the subject is dramatic and interesting. Therefore, I wanted to research obesity because people do not take care of their bodies. In order to solve the issue, we must first understand the root to this problem. The foods that we eat and how we eat our foods are an important first step in gaining this knowledge. Our inability to control the amount of foods that we intake are a major problem in fight against obesity. The knowledge of the types of food and how to eat them will prove to be powerful tool in the fight. The children that suffer from this fight against obesity can’t be help unless we understand how this affects their behavior. The depression that is suffered in the later years of life can be related to obesity. We must seek the psychological answers to turn this fight around. The numbers of adults that are suffering obesity are directly connected to amount of children that suffer from obesity. The Adult population is responsible for feeding our young generation the proper amount of food. Teaching our children how to eat healthy and exercise will help decrease the trend of obesity in the future.

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