In America around 3.4 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. Being overweight and obese are two completely different things. Obesity is a bodily condition marked by excessive generalized deposition and storage of fat. When an individual's body mass index (BMI) is 30 or higher.Overweight is defined as having excess body weight for a particular height from fat, muscle, bone, water, or a combination of these factors. Also, you are considered overweight when a person's BMI (Body mass index) is between 25 and 29.9. Obesity occurs over time when you eat more calories than used. In America the average person in 2007 was eating about 600 more calories than in 1970, per day. the average adult male, age 20 years and older, …show more content…
In 2005, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that food marketing contributes to unhealthy diets and risk of poor health among American children and youth. In 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that the food industry spends almost $10 billion per year marketing food and beverages in the U.S. that appeal to children and adolescents, including $1.6 billion to target children and adolescents directly with soft drinks, fast-food, and cereal promotions. Food companies increased the use of licensed cartoon and other entertainment characters targeting young children, and that most foods marketed with such characters failed to meet IOM standards for snack food suitable for school children. They found that bigger price tags on fruits and vegetables were associated with greater levels of youth obesity, while lower prices of fast-food options were correlated with higher youth obesity levels. Convenience stores often offer less variety, higher prices, and lower quality produce than supermarkets. Roughly about 2 million U.S. households live more than a mile from a supermarket and don’t have cars or access to cars. So many people go to convenient stores rather than go to supermarkets, such as many students during off campus at