The Weight of the U.S.

The United States is growing not only in the amount of people but also the weight of these people.

Obesity is a major problem in this society and we have the most amounts of obese people in the world. Over one third of adults in America are obese and around 20% of adolescence is obese.

People obviously care about their appearance but do not care enough to make themselves healthy and do what they can to look good even if it is hurting their body. Sometimes this is the opposite of being overweight or obese. There has been such a big increase in bulimia and anorexia lately and I am always hearing stories of people who are hurting themselves just to look good.

Some health risks that everyone should worry about are diabetes, high blood sugar, strokes, and high cholesterol. These can be life threatening and could be affect someone’s life drastically, along with their families. Starting with bad eating habits as a child can even create things like asthma and that will limit what they can do when they are older.

With the economy going down, citizens are not being able to afford too many healthy foods. The cheaper foods are easier to make in bulk, but have a higher fat and/or sugar content. All these foods are also making people lazy because of the way they make them feel. Carbohydrates are a big part to this. They will upset your blood sugar level if you have too many and result in feeling this way.

I believe that in order to help this country the cost of healthy foods should go down and become more common in people’s diets. Healthy foods are all over and you just have to be willing to pay the price because, even though, it should go down does not mean that it will with this economy. If some are not willing to pay the price other things have to be done to become healthy like exercise. People should pay more attention to health and what bad things could come out of having a bad medical record because of food. These are all important to one’s health and will be beneficial for people to take care of themselves. As long as people make an effort to watch what they eat their health is better off. Sometimes it can be annoying and I know myself I do not always have the motivation to go to the gym but this is what can potentially save you and be an alternative to eating more.

If it is not obesity that is the problem it is just the opposite! Using diet pills and other substances that guarantee potential weight loss to consumers lead to popular eating disorders and should be stopped as soon as possible. You need to take care of your body and this is not a healthy way to do so.

All these issues are something that can be prevented and Americas just have to work at it.