The Epidemic Called Obesity
Obesity has become a global pandemic affecting the lives and health of millions
of people, according to the World Health Organization. It is an accelerating
social problem in industrialized countries and is also growing in the former
colonial world.
Obesity is very often defined as an eating disorder. However, it is not a simple
condition of eating too much. Health experts believe that obesity is a serious
and chronic disease prevalent in today's society.
As the "obesity epidemic" increases, so is the number of people that suffers
from it. Approximately 300,000 adult deaths in the United States alone each year
are directly attributable to unhealthy dietary habits and physical inactivity or
sedentary behavior or obesity. At least 18 million sick days a year can be
attributed to obesity, and the increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer and stroke
reduces life expectancy by around nine years.
When it comes to explaining these trends, not only media reports, but many
scientific articles disparagingly refer to a combination of fast food,
increasing car ownership and a sedentary lifestyle in front of television sets
or computer monitors.
In the first place, such generalizations are often backed by little
substantiated data. Some studies have found that the prevalence of obesity among
children is directly related to the hours of television viewed, for example, but
other studies have failed to establish a correlation.
More fundamentally, these observations ignore the economic and social driving
forces behind the changes in diet and lifestyle, including the profits generated
by the food and entertainment industries, and the intense pressures caused by
increasing working hours and declining living standards for the majority of
working people.
Obesity can also lower the life expectancy of individuals. In addition to this,
obese people are increasing their susceptibility and risks to a number of
diseases directly related to obesity. This includes: type 2 (adult onset)
diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, heart failure, cancer such
as cancer of the colon or rectum, gallstones, gout and gouty arthritis, osteoarthritis,
and sleep apnea.
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