A Paper Concerning The Growing Problem of Obesity.

Obesity is a disease that affects 39 million Americans: more than one-quarter of adults and about one of every five children. Each year, obesity causes 300,000 deaths in the U.S. Obesity is a chronic, metabolic disease caused by a combination of complex inherited and acquired factors, including excessive calorie and food intake, decreased physical activity, and genetic influences. The defining characteristics are excess body fat and the long-term treatment and management are necessary to achieve and …

…common due to laziness, technological advances, and how simple it is to over indulge. This causes many problems with your body including high blood pressure, infertility, gallstones and type 2 diabetes. These diseases can be deadly. All of these reasons are real incentives to lower obesity in America today. http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/info/perspectives/files/obesedit.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2153020.stm http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/12755.html