Obesity in America Obesity rates in America have been rapidly growing since 1980’s. The food portions have been getting larger and the regular exercise has been getting smaller. In America, the more people eat the less they exercise. The groups of people that are becoming more affected are those with the lower income. American’s are becoming more obese every year, especially those with the lower incomes.
In most countries, obesity is strongly linked to gender and socioeconomic standing. If you’re uneducated you will most likely become obese than those who have a higher education. Women are more likely to become more obese than men are. Nearly thirty percent of girls and twenty nine percent of boys in America classify as obese, the same rate around the world is less than fifteen percent. The United States has the highest obesity rate out of all of the countries. One with severe obesity would be taking eight to ten years off of their lives. Therefore obesity is technically a death
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Mississippi has a growing diabetes rate of 14.7%, Mississippi is also the poorest state in America. Ten of the twelve states with the highest type two diabetes rates are in the south. The CDC projects the one of every three adults could have a type of diabetes by the year of 2050. The ten states with the highest hypertension levels are located in the south. West Virginia has the highest rate of 41%. Hypertension levels are high blood pressure levels.
The body accumulates an abnormally large amount of adipose tissue or fat. The more the person eats the more adipose tissue the body will gain. Most Americans eat more than they should but don’t work off the extra calories. Another cause for obesity or being over weight is chronic disease. There is actually plenty of reason why one could be obese or just overweight. There is even more problems linked to being obese. One is more likely to die from being obese or overweight than those who are