Assignment #9

The problem that I am going to address in my final paper is obesity because I think it is the largest health issue in America and is one of the solvable problems. Reducing obesity is so important because it is causes so many other problems such as heart disease and diabetes. Obesity may not be eradicated very easily or even ever but reducing the amount of obesity and overweight people will still have a drastic impact on the overall health of the population. People who are overweight and obese have a very increased chance of many problems, many of which are life threatening. There are many studies and many assessments that have shown how large of a problem this actually is. There are many simple solutions to this problem that could have enormous impacts on society. The problem is getting people to follow these simple plans until the results are apparent.

This topic has never been more relevant than now and is now being called one of the largest public health problems in America. This problem needs to be stopped as soon as possible because it is only getting worse. The problem has been developing for decades and is now getting out of control because of the marketing and accepted social norm in which people eat unhealthy and exercise rarely. With the average BMI above 28 which is very unhealthy. The amount of Americans that are overweight in amazing and there are also many that are obese and a much higher increase of certain illnesses. This problem is also very relevant because heart disease is the number one cause of death in America and diabetes is also high on that list. Reducing obesity rates would change these statistics and lower the rates of death due to those two illnesses and many other problems.

I think that this is a very interesting topic because it is so easy to avoid yet it is such a large problem in our country and it is becoming a larger problem around the world. This problem has been developing and now it is time that it is solved through any means necessary. In my paper I will come up with a solution that I would use in trying to solve this problem. There are currently many people who are trying to fix this problem, but they are fighting a losing battle as of today. This needs to be reversed, but many people are unsure of how to do this and there are many different ideas being proposed and tried. Some are successful but it is very hard to apply these plans on a large scale. The scale that these would need to be applied would have to be enormous because of all of the people who are having problems with their weight. Overall this problem needs to be addressed thoroughly and needs to be solved as soon as possible before it before even more serious than it is currently.