Persuasive Essay On Obesity Epidemic

Introduction

In recent years, obesity has become an exponentially growing global problem-especially in first world countries like the United Kingdom and the United States of America. This is an epidemic that researchers around the world are desperately looking for the trigger to this health crisis. The big question on everyone’s mind is, “What is in our diet’s that is the cause of the growing obesity?” Many theories and suggestions have come about as a result of this. Many suggesting that we should limit the number of fats and reduce our calorie intake in our diet. Others are saying remove carbohydrates and maintain a diet high in protein. We get new solutions every day. Just a quick skimming though of the internet, one can find thousands

• Sugar and alcohol have similar effect on the liver.

• Sugar is making us fat.

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Huffington Post is a very well regarded news and information website that would only support articles by people with an appropriate background and education to write an article of a specific nature. This specific article is by Kristin Kirkpatrick, a registered dietitian and manager of wellness nutrition services for the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. Therefore, she is a reliable source to write such an article. This a valuable resource as it concisely summarises the detrimental effects that excess sugar can have on our health.

2) CNN: Eatocracy http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2014/02/04/sickeningly-sweet-sugars-health-impact/ In recent years, sugar has been taking most of the blame for our quickly deteriorating health. A study published by JAMA Internal medicine shows that sugar can now be considered and independent instigator of cardio-vascular disease as well as many other chronic diseases.

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It took the government year to finally take over the fast food industry and yet eventually they did and the number of smokers has significantly reduced. I predict that a similar series of events will transpire with the food industry. The research that I have done has shown me the shocking results that I ha originally hypothesised. I have found that sugar has significantly influenced our health and have shown that it is the main promoter of obesity in both children and adults. Furthermore, I have proven through my qualitative research paper that sugar is in fact the primary cause of the obesity crisis and have provided the science which shows that fruit juices are equally as bad as any soft drink and that the fibre in the food item is of great significance to the way in which it effects the bodies blood sugar levels. Through my research I have found that sugar is primarily responsible for many other detrimental health factors (diabetes, heart failure, strokes, etc.) that are slowly making more and more people dreadfully