Obesity in the United States has been a serious problem affecting Americans and has been continually growing higher in numbers each year. American obesity has nearly doubled within the last 40 years and is now considered to be an epidemic that is affecting millions of people around the nation. According to the National institute of Diabetes and digestive and kidney Diseases, 31% of men and 35% of women are considered seriously overweight, along with 15% of children between the ages of six and nineteen are also overweight. The lack of physical inactivity and extreme poor dieting are catching up to almost the same threat as cigarettes and tobacco smoking. We as a nation are considered to be the fattest country in the world.
Obesity is a chronic
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Artery disease is also very present in those that are overweight because the fatty deposits build up in the arteries which supplies the heart, reducing blood to the heart causing chest pain and even a heart attack. Blood clots can also form, causing a stroke. Type 2 diabetes is a major outcome due to obesity. In the past, type 2 diabetes was only normally found and developed in adults. But now it is found and occurring in many children. At a young age moderate obesity can dramatically increase the risk of getting diabetes. Because of the excess amount of stress put on the knees and hips, obesity can affect the joints in a serious way. Most obese persons cannot receive joint replacement surgery. The additional fat tissue that is formed in the body need oxygen and nutrients in order to live. This causes high blood pressure because the blood vessels cannot circulate more blood to the fat tissue and increases the workload of the heart. The heart now has to pump more blood through the blood vessels. All the extra weight raises the rate of your heart and reduces the body’s ability to transport the blood to where it is needed. The risk of cancer increases tremendously as