It is a well-known fact that United States is the home of the majority of obese people in the world. People all over the world have made fun of how fat Americans tend to be and the more shocking news is that the weight is literary killing people. Lifestyle diseases associated with overweight are numerous but the most common is heart complications, which according to research kill more Americans than any other thing. All over the internet, people are trying to churn out solution after solution in the hope that it would help but of course, with more hope of getting money out of the poor fat Americans.
A number of factors can be attributed to the increased rate of obesity in United States. The US government is aware of this problem but it can do very little. Even more shocking is that the government is contributing enormously to the problem of overweight America. The government has made sure that all the so-called junk foods are easily and cheaply available to Americans by subsiding foods like corn and wheat. It may help feed the most Americans but the result of these is a literally heavy nation.
The chemicals people partake in their food and from the environment such as phthalates contribute much to the overweight problem. Most Americans eat processed foods that contain all sorts of chemicals for preserving, seasoning and adding extra nutrients to the foodstuffs. Very few people in United States can attest to eating purely natural food from the farm or animals. The urbanization of the entire population has left only the farmers living in the countryside where they produce fresh foods only to be taken to the processing factories where all sorts of chemicals are added.
Both the young and the old Americans leave under constant pressure of life that leads to high levels of stress. Even though stress has been known to make people slim, in United States it is doing the opposite. The busy lifestyles of eking a living, students in school and colleges leave very little time for leisure. Everyday most people are in a hurry to solve problems either at work or at school, giving them very little time to rest play or even eat. Therefore, most people end up eating junk foods on their way from one place to the other. They do not have time to cook proper meals. More so, Americans do not get enough time to exercise and the little time they get at night they spend watching television while chewing some junk stuff like popcorn until late at night when they remember they have not prepared dinner.
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Economic prosperity of America has made sure technology in most places in America is at its best. An average American has the luxury of using all sorts of technology to make like easier. For example very few Americans walk, they rather use their cars even over very short distances. They have lifts in almost all their buildings making it a joyous ride going up the building and coming down. They have computers and other industrial machines that make sure the human body is relieved of all muscle effort. Some people have even stopped going shopping along the streets and just order their supplies over the internet and have them delivered at their doorsteps. This lifestyle combined with the food intakes makes obesity camp in almost every homestead in America. However, still there is one more reason that makes Americans over weight and obese; misinformation.
Majority of Americans leave under a cloud of confusion on being informed about their body health. All Americans acknowledge that obesity is a fatal disease. Most of the obese people have very low self-esteem because they do not enjoy their condition. The problem is that very few Americans have the right information on how to reduce or prevent obesity. Being overweight is directly associated with ‘fat’. No wonder an obese person is a ‘fat’ person. Therefore, some ignorant people spread the news that avoiding fatty foods is the only solution to overweight problems in America.
Research has shown that some fatless foods have higher levels of calories that cause fat to accumulate in the body. The same research also indicated that there are some essential saturated fats, which indeed can reduce weight by facilitating quick and efficient digestion system. This shows that indeed there can be healthy fats as opposed to what many people are told that all fats are dangerous and the root cause of obesity.
Due to the misinformation, many Americans go to great extents to try out different diet plans in the hope of reducing their weight problems. The matter has been aggravated by the rise of websites and blogs claiming to provide solutions to weight problems and even provide very convincing reviews of consumers of the prescribed products. This is quite catastrophic on the fight on obesity in America.
For example a recent research done on fat indicated that fats indeed slowed down food absorption into the body system and thus makes a person stay for a longer period before taking another meal. The fatty acid called CLA (conjugated Linoleic acid) a beef and dairy product is proven to reduce obesity. The study conducted on the fats indicated that dairy products such as milk, butter and beef taken in considerable proportion actually resulted in at least 30 percent weight loss compared to those that abstained from taking the products.
The problem of overweight in America therefore needs to be tackled from a very informed position. What most people know happens to be myth developed by people who wish to make quick money by selling certain products. Americans need to change their lifestyles to avoid being obese, moreover, to open up their minds to solutions that had previously been labeled ‘bad’. A point of emphasis is that fats indeed are not the sole causes of overweight and not all fats are unhealthy.
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