Chapter 9 is all about weight management and body image and what factors may lead to the increasing rise of obesity in the United States, then leading to the health effects that come with being overweight and obese. It is important that we know what our body weight is and how much our body should consume when eating. Dietary programs, supplements, and expectations are very often mislead so it is equally important to be educated on what is healthy for us. Unfortunately, not everyone is aware of the harm they may be causing their body when they do not follow the right steps that are best for them and their health. Many Americans suffer with considering drastic weight- loss measures, trying to gain weight, understanding and improving their body image, disordered eating (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating) and exercise disorders.
The United States has the highest proportion of obesity in the world ranking at 13 percent and then is followed by China and India, of whom together make up 15 percent which obviously is not much higher than Americas percentage which is 13 percent alone. The youth is where the problem of obesity begins, having easy access to a vast array of high-fat, high-calorie food; have fewers physical education requirements in schools and in high-crime areas they have restricted amounts of times that they are allowed outside which is leading to one of the highest percentages of obesity than ever before. It is proven that 55 percent of obese children will continue to be obese in their adolescence years, and 80 percent of obese adolescents will also continue obesity in their adult years.
The Races and their Obesity percentages
-Hispanic men (79.6 percent)
-Non- Hispanic white men (73 percent)
-Non-Hispanic black men (69 percent)
-Non-Hispanic black women (82.2 percent)
-Hispanic women (77.1 percent)
-Non-Hispanic white women (63.7 percent)
-Asian men (46.6 percent) Asian women (34.6 percent)
The United States is not the only country that is alone with the obesity epidemic. Obesity has in fact more than doubled globally since 1980 ranking at a 1.9 billion overweight and 600 million obese adults. This can be referred to as globesity, the global epidemic of high rates of overweight and obesity in multiple regions of the world. Marketing plays a major role in the rise of obesity, advertising food thats are high in fat, carbohydrates, and an increase in the food energy supply.
Physiological Factors
Basal metabolic rate (BMR)- the minimum rate at which the body uses energy when working to maintain basic vita functions (healthy BMR 1,200 to 1,800 calories per day)
Resting metabolic rate (RMR)- including BMR as well as any energy expended through daily sedentary activities such as food digestion, sitting, studying, or standing.
Exercise metabolic rate (EMR)- accounts for all the remaining daily calorie expenditures such as walking, climbing stairs, and mowing the lawn.
Environmental Factors
-Automobiles, remote controls, and desk jobs which lead us to sit more and move less.
-Media messages, advertising for low-price, high calorie foods, and super sized portions.
-Eating out more, consuming too many prepackaged, high-fat meals, fast food, sugar-laden soft drinks, and high-calorie coffee drinks.
– Misleading food labels confuse consumers about portion and serving sizes.
Physiological and Economic Factors
-Friends and loved ones are often key influences to our eating behaviors
-Young adults who are overweight and obese tend to befriend and date overweight and obese people just as smokers or exercisers tend to hangout with the same people.
-Possible to gain or lose weight on the basis of social undermining of weight-loss attempts.
-Socioeconomic status, people in poverty can have less access to fresh, nutrient-dense foods and will go for less expensive, high-calorie processed food.
-Working multiple jobs, traveling, working odd hours may lead to someone being too tired to prepare a healthy well nutrient meal.
Knowing your eating habits, and your eating triggers is very important when it comes to your overall health. Eating triggers may go very overlooked and nearly 66 percent of American adults all share one common eating trigger, being in front of a TV or a computer. The unawareness of how much you are eating is what makes eating while being distracted very dangerous, and if gone unnoticed it will increase ones health-risk factors. If someone is trying to fix their diet and increase their health, one of the biggest triggers whether it is good or bad is the support they receive; friends, relatives, community resources, and policies that support healthy food choices and exercise options.
Update on me.
This week has actually been a lot better, I have noticed that I have not been smoking so much and I think that the second job I just got really contributes to this because I NEVER leave the office for anything, unless it is for my lunch break. One thing that really started to bug me about smoking this week is how many times I may be missing out on something because I am going outside to smoke a cigarette while everyone else is still inside enjoying themselves and that really started to get to me this past week. I have noticed throughout this whole journey that the one thing that is really pushing me to want to quit is that I want my mother to quit as well. I think whats helping me a lot through this and what I thought about a lot this past week is my overall health and what I am doing to my body and how young I am. I have come to realize that I no longer want this addiction to be apart of my life because I know that I am worth more. This my prime time to quit and I am only getting closer everyday.
Lizzys Truth 