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Adult Obesity

Causes of Adult Obesity

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A woman taking a heavy lunch

Consumers continue using fast food in America while paying less attention to the effects these foodstuffs have on their body . Everywhere you go you will find people eating and drinking sodas , eating pizza hamburger and mc Donald 's food . Like the woman on top is eating a variety of these products and she does not seem to care at all that they can affect her . She has filled her meal table with a

variety of juices eggs , chips , cakes , and a number of coca cola cans . This causes other related diseases like heart diseases as a result of this accumulated fat (Collins A , 2003

According to the research findings , people who consume fast foods at least two times in a week , risk higher chances of becoming obese than those who do not . These foods are very sugary and they affect the organs that control the body sugar or glucose . What results is that the sugar that is taken is not fully broken down thus increasing the sugar level in the blood . When you look at the products that the woman above is taking you cannot doubt why she is already obese (Sackle A .J . and Sculle K .A , 2002 ) All of them are sugary products and is taking them without limiting herself . Overeating is also another problem that causes obesity . When you look at this picture , this woman has placed amount of foodstuffs that are much enough to feed five party members but it seems to be hers alone

The kind of food this woman is taking contains a lot of fat and carbohydrates and is not taking any vegetables or fruits to balance the diet . She is not aware that these foods could interfere with body digestive systems something that leads to fat increase in the body and hence the obesity

Man Watching TV

According to the report that was released in 2003 , it was revealed that fast foods such as fries , hamburgers , soft drinks such as juices and sodas , apple pie , myriad and pizza have a very strong with weight gain which leads to overweight and if this continues it results to obesity The process takes much less time especially if the consumption is combined with idle sitting and watching television . This is what is happening to the man on the photograph he has placed a variety of fast food on his table . He is just sitting idle in his room only eating and watching television . He is not ware how dangerous this habit could be and yet the same already affects him (Collins A , 2003

The man needs to know that when he eats a lot of calories , then he is required to take a lot of exercises to burn this excess energy . When those calories are not burned they accumulate in the body where they are stored as fat . The man in the picture needs to know for example , when he...

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