Obesity and Culture. United States Culture towards Weight Gain Issues

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Health - Health Sciences - Health education, grade: A, Walden University (Management and Technology), course: Health Promotions and Writing with Confidence, language: English, abstract: The thesis discussed in this paper is the following: In the United States, Obesity impacts more than 100 million adults and children. The disease is recognized as a public health issue, therefore there should be persuasion and mitigation to reduce its prevalence. Obesity is dangerous because it relates to a poor-quality mental health consequences and decreased quality of life. Obesity is associated with the primary causes of death in the United States and worldwide, involving diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer. World Health Organization in 2019 estimated that 38.2 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight. In high-income countries the problems of overweight and obesity are now on the rise. Not to mention the low and middle-income countries. In African countries, the number of obese children under 5 has soared by approximately 24% percent. In addition, almost half of the children under 5 who were fat in 2019 resided in Asia. Five out of 6 studies performed considered the elevated death risk of heavier people in their estimated lifetime costs. Obesity can be termed a global illness affecting children and adults, respectively. In addition, the disease also has dire consequences on families and the health systems.