Obesity

Are we our own enemy?

Definition

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.

• You can calculate obesity with BMI (Body Mass Index) A person with a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is considered healthy.A person with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight.A person with a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese.You can calculate you BMI by: weight/height²

Contents Page

• Why?• The past

• Around the world• Children

• The risks• What will and won’t work

• Are we our own enemy?• Bibliography

Why?

• Obesity is mainly caused from more energy going into the body, than what is going out. Consuming amounts of energy and then releasing the same amount of energy by exercising, will leave you as the same weight you were when you first consumed the energy.

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The change from the past.

In 1970, only 5.7% of the population is the US was obese, 40 years later that amount has risen drastically to around 30%. A main reason for this would be because of the amount of technology these days. 40 years ago kids ran around after school, now, alot of kids play computer games, or go on facebook instead of exercising.

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The worldwide problem

• Worldwide 400 million adults are obese and 1.6 billion are overweight.

• Worldwide, 155 million children are overweight, including 30-45 million obese children

• Nearly 43 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight globally in 2010.

Obese adults in population by countryhttp://www.weightlosstips.co.uk/western-obesity-epidemic-is-spreading-world-wide/

Obesity by country

• USA is the country with the highest percentage of obese people (31%).

• 21 countries have 10% of their population obese.

• In 7 countries (Mexico, USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Slovak Republic and Greece) 1 in 5 people are obese.

The most obese countries of the worldhttp://therealtimer.com/Worldwide-Obesity-Doubled-Over-Past-Three-Decades

Obesity in Australia

• Australia’s population is 22% obese, making it the 7th most obese country on earth! (Not including islands)

• 42.1% of adult males and 30.9% of adult females are classified as Overweight

• 25.7% of males and 24% of females were classified as Obese

Obesity in Australia

• Number of obese people in Australian states• QLD - 1,259,700 (48.4 per cent of population)

NSW - 2,226,500 (45.9 per cent) VIC - 1,634,200 (45.9 per cent) WA - 619,700 (45.3 per cent) TAS - 155,700 (45.2 per cent) SA - 504,200 (44.8 per cent)’

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Obesity in Children

• There are lots of ways you can become obese but the amount of time children spend at school can have an impact on their weight and their health. Because parents want positive academic results the children’s recess and lunch is either reduced or entirely cut off. Because of people eat lunch at different times some of the children will have to wait for a long time to get something to eat but the children who do after-school activities might not get to eat so when they get home they offend attend to over eat unhealthy food.

Percentage of obese children worldwide since 1963 http://andreasplanking.everything-fine.info/?p=childhood-obesity-statistics

Obesity in Children

• A problem that some kids might have is that some schools are that the students can leave so that they can go to some fast-food restaurants compared to other kids who don’t have any fast-food restaurants nearby them.

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Gall Stones inside a gall bladder

Obese blood cells

http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=2908

What are the risks?

Another problem about being overweight is getting gall stones. Gall stones are solid masses of cholesterol that forms in the gall bladder. They are caused by your cholesterol being too high. Strokes are also a high risk in obesity. It is caused by blood clotting to the brain. Another way of getting a stroke is when the cholesterol forms in your heart then travels to the brain which can cause another stroke.

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What will and wont work for defeating

obesity

Fat Zap

• PRO Fat Zap works by a long minor ultra sound, which spreads the fat all the way to the liver then it disposes of the fat instead of storing it. • Cons They say to have plenty of exercise after you have the treatment, otherwise you will gain the fat again, therefore it is really no different than exercising normally, it just costs a lot more.

Fat Zap

• PRO Fat Zap works by a long minor ultra sound spreads the fat all the way to the liver then it disposes of the fat instead of storing it. • Cons They say to have plenty of exercise after you have the treatment, otherwise you will gain the fat again, therefore it is really no different than exercising normally, it just costs a lot more.

Pills

• ProsPills boost your mood, burns fat increase your mood and suppresses your appetite• ConsIt gets rid of your appetite which is bad because we need food to go into our body’s so we can the vitamins and the Energy

Pills

• ProsPills boost the your mood, burns fat increase your mood and suppresses your appetite• ConsIt gets rid of your appetite which is bad because we need food to go into our body’s so we can the vitamins and the Energy

EATING HEALTHY

• PROSTo lose weight you have to eat healthy. You will not get skinny if you just eat junk food. You lose weight very quickly as well and you also feel good.

• Cons Our brains are hardwired to enjoy fats and sugars and to get off that will be really hard for people but it can be done.

EATING HEALTHY

• PROSTo lose weight you have to eat healthy. You will not get skinny if you just eat junk food. You lose weight very quickly as well and you also feel good. • Cons Our brains are hardwired to enjoy fats and sugars and get of that will be rely hard for people but it can be done.

LOTS OF EXERCISE

• Pros With healthy eating and lots of exercise you will lose the weight but it will take some time to do it.• Cons For Exercising you will have to do a lot you will have to take at least an hour every day

LOTS OF EXERCISE

• Pros With healthy eating and lots of exercises you will lose the weight but they always have to be patient be cause it not going to happen in 1 day • Cons For Exercising you will have to do a lot you will have to take at least 20 to 30 mints 3 to 4 days a week.

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So are we our own Enemies?

• Yes it is usually our fault that we are obese. Many people blame the fast food companies and technology for our weight, but it is us that chooses to eat unhealthily, or not exercise.

• Companies like McDonalds do label how much fats are in there food, but people still eat the food, and do not exercise after they do so.

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Bibliography

• bibliography.docx

By Liam, Lawton and Nick