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What is Obesity?

Managing Obesity

  • The condition of being extremely overweight or an abnormal accumulation of fat that can impair health
  • BMI >25 overweight
  • BMI >30 obese
  • obesity can be reduced by:
  • engaging in regular physical activity
  • eating healthier foods

Causes

  • energy imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended
  • unhealthy eating/diet habits
  • physical inactivity
  • diseases or disorders
  • genetics

Why is Obesity Bad?

  • positive risk factor for CVD and other health problems
  • hypertension
  • diabetes
  • metabolic syndrome
  • signs of sedentary lifestyle
  • decreased quality of life

Statistics

  • In 1980, 857 million people were overweight or obese
  • By present day, that number has doubled
  • Today nearly 1/3 or 2.1 billion people in the world are overweight or obese

POP

QUIZ

food industry

ABCs of staying in shape

the future of obesity

  • reducing fat, sugar, & salt in processed foods
  • ensuring that healthy/nutritious choices are available
  • restricting market foods high in sugars, salt & fats

America

  • America ranks 12th in the world for obesity with 35.7% of the population being obese
  • America numerically have the most obese people but other countries have higher obesity percent rates.

Facts and Figures

Why?

  • fast food
  • cheap
  • convenient
  • processed/junk foods
  • amount of exercise
  • Nine of the top 11 states with the highest rates of obesity are all in the South
  • 25 states have an adult obesity rate of 30% or higher
  • Most of the states with the lowest obesity rates are in the Northeast or in the West
  • Colorado has the lowest obesity rate (20.2%) and the lowest rate of physical inactivity (17.9%)
  • Louisiana has the highest adult obesity rate at 36.2%

Compared to Other Countries

Palau

number 1 most obese country with 47.10% of their population being obese

Iceland

one of the healthiest country in the world, followed by Singapore and Sweden

In Other Countries:

  • value family eating together
  • value health and exercise
  • some cultures view people who are obese as lazy and of less value

In America:

  • fast food is a huge trend
  • cheap/convenience eating is very common in many America households
  • The lifestyle of family style dinner is disappearing

Obesity Trends in America vs. Other Countries

by: Ashley Singleton, Carleigh Neal, Kolten Speaks, and Sam Smith

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