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Have you ever heard of the "Riddle of the Sphinx"? No? Yes? Well here it is "What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?" The answer to this riddle is a man, which is a metaphor for the stages we go in our lives from when we crawl on all fours as a baby, walk on two legs as an adult, and walk with a cane in old age. Now your wondering why this on the health page? Well as we go on through our phases of life, the one thing that our bodies will always encounter and need is food and water. So why is it when we do encounter our meal of the day, we infuse it with bad eating habits that takes us no where but into a domino effect that is no bueno.
If we continue to pollute our bodies with mass amounts of sugar, bad carbs, etc. We will drastically see an increase health risk effects like obesity and diabetes which has begun since the late 80's and getting worst. Now of course we all like to drink a soda from a time to time which is understandable, I myself likes to as well. This health page is to inform the problems of overly consuming large amount of sugary beverages and the causes that comes with it in the future if we don't regulate ourselves to a limit. I have broken down the page into four columns from obesity in america to some nutrition facts by Dr. Mehmet Oz; and finishing it off with some fun facts I'm sure you will like, and pros that America has been trying to live some what healthy.
Have you ever heard about "The Mcdonaldization of Society"? It's a theory by a famous american sociologists named George Ritzer. A professor at the University of Maryland which he believes that as a global society we have over time transformed into a quicker, more uniform, and a less personal culture. Thats why the drive-thru is America's treasure when it comes to assisting hard working Americans in busy everyday life. No wonder according to Men'sFitness.com Houston, TX is the number one fattest city in America follow by Detroit in second and Cleveland, OH in third. Any guess why? Maybe because Houston has the most fast food joints with a whopping 1,034 according to CDC. I guess that's why they say "everything is bigger in Texas" because Dallas and other cities in texas also made the top 25. Wondering who had the least was none other then good ole city of Boston.
The way we live in todays society is the main cause of the amount of soda we consume from fast restaurants, corner stores, etc. Obesity which is
number one killer due to health risks and a growing epidemic in our country as well. Below will explain what is obesity, when do you know your overweight and the health risk that comes with the start of a overly sized fountain drink.
If we continue to pollute our bodies with mass amounts of sugar, bad carbs, etc. We will drastically see an increase health risk effects like obesity and diabetes which has begun since the late 80's and getting worst. Now of course we all like to drink a soda from a time to time which is understandable, I myself likes to as well. This health page is to inform the problems of overly consuming large amount of sugary beverages and the causes that comes with it in the future if we don't regulate ourselves to a limit. I have broken down the page into four columns from obesity in america to some nutrition facts by Dr. Mehmet Oz; and finishing it off with some fun facts I'm sure you will like, and pros that America has been trying to live some what healthy.
Have you ever heard about "The Mcdonaldization of Society"? It's a theory by a famous american sociologists named George Ritzer. A professor at the University of Maryland which he believes that as a global society we have over time transformed into a quicker, more uniform, and a less personal culture. Thats why the drive-thru is America's treasure when it comes to assisting hard working Americans in busy everyday life. No wonder according to Men'sFitness.com Houston, TX is the number one fattest city in America follow by Detroit in second and Cleveland, OH in third. Any guess why? Maybe because Houston has the most fast food joints with a whopping 1,034 according to CDC. I guess that's why they say "everything is bigger in Texas" because Dallas and other cities in texas also made the top 25. Wondering who had the least was none other then good ole city of Boston.
The way we live in todays society is the main cause of the amount of soda we consume from fast restaurants, corner stores, etc. Obesity which is
number one killer due to health risks and a growing epidemic in our country as well. Below will explain what is obesity, when do you know your overweight and the health risk that comes with the start of a overly sized fountain drink.
Obesity
According to the CDC, obesity is considered when a person's weight is 20% or more above normal weight. The way to measure your body for obesity is the body mass index or easily recognize as BMI. A person is only considered overweight when their BMI is between 25 and 30; a person is considered obese when there over 30.
Based off the BMI, 1/3 of U.S. population is obese, a 74% Increase over a 10 year period (CDC). Now with these number you would think that the majority of the world would automatically assume that America has the world’s highest obesity rates, but in fact it ranks ninth with 74.1% of people being overweight (CDC). What’s number one? Nauru an island country in Micronesia with a whopping 94.5% of its adult population being overweight (CDC)! Now lets not get it twisted, the US is still the number one consumer of the Big Mac in the world (Men'sHealth). Its funny that doesn't surprise me.
Bottom line is obesity is common, serious, and costly. So serious that the amount of sugar we intake makes up the largest percentage of disease cause such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer and high cholesterol (Jampolis). Heres the kicker Jampolis revealed that studies show consuming a large amount sugar and high fructose corn syrup over time causes your blood sugar and insulin to escalate, which leads to the risk of major health problem like a stroke. Surely we all think our country is large and we never see the effects happen, but did you know that only in this year this pandemic is claiming the lives of 70,000 Americans, 5,000 of which live in New York City (Bloomberg).
A major problem is a costly factor that these health issues are costing the average American taxpayer an arm and a leg. According to Rolston we are spending $168 billion dollar on treatment every year. Also, from Lancet an academic journal states that it averagely cost 1,429 dollars more to treat an individual that is obese then a person that is not obese.
Going off a socioeconomic status, based off the Centers of Disease Control there is a direct coalition obesity in minorities. They state that african Americans have the highest age-adjusted rates of obesity (49%) compared to hispanics with 9% lower, and whites having the lowest at 34%. There has been significant relationship evidence between education, income, and obesity. Among hispanic and black men, those with higher incomes are more likely to be obese than those with lower incomes (CDC). Sort of an opposite for women as the ones that have a higher education are less likely to be obese than low-income ones (CDC).
After reading an article off the Associated Press, I surprisingly learned that Americans in the past few years have been drinking more water then soda. According to Associated Press For more than twenty years, soda was Americans number one favorite drink with consumption peaking in 1998 with a high at 54 gallons a year. Americans drank just 42 gallons a year of water at the time. But over the decades, the scale began to tip more throughs the water raising a worry for soda companies (AP). The U.S. now drinks an average of 44 gallons of soda a year, the average amount of water people drink has increased 38% to about 58 gallons a year (Beverage Digest industry tracker). Bottled water has led that growth, with consumption nearly doubling to 21 gallons a year.
Based off the BMI, 1/3 of U.S. population is obese, a 74% Increase over a 10 year period (CDC). Now with these number you would think that the majority of the world would automatically assume that America has the world’s highest obesity rates, but in fact it ranks ninth with 74.1% of people being overweight (CDC). What’s number one? Nauru an island country in Micronesia with a whopping 94.5% of its adult population being overweight (CDC)! Now lets not get it twisted, the US is still the number one consumer of the Big Mac in the world (Men'sHealth). Its funny that doesn't surprise me.
Bottom line is obesity is common, serious, and costly. So serious that the amount of sugar we intake makes up the largest percentage of disease cause such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer and high cholesterol (Jampolis). Heres the kicker Jampolis revealed that studies show consuming a large amount sugar and high fructose corn syrup over time causes your blood sugar and insulin to escalate, which leads to the risk of major health problem like a stroke. Surely we all think our country is large and we never see the effects happen, but did you know that only in this year this pandemic is claiming the lives of 70,000 Americans, 5,000 of which live in New York City (Bloomberg).
A major problem is a costly factor that these health issues are costing the average American taxpayer an arm and a leg. According to Rolston we are spending $168 billion dollar on treatment every year. Also, from Lancet an academic journal states that it averagely cost 1,429 dollars more to treat an individual that is obese then a person that is not obese.
Going off a socioeconomic status, based off the Centers of Disease Control there is a direct coalition obesity in minorities. They state that african Americans have the highest age-adjusted rates of obesity (49%) compared to hispanics with 9% lower, and whites having the lowest at 34%. There has been significant relationship evidence between education, income, and obesity. Among hispanic and black men, those with higher incomes are more likely to be obese than those with lower incomes (CDC). Sort of an opposite for women as the ones that have a higher education are less likely to be obese than low-income ones (CDC).
After reading an article off the Associated Press, I surprisingly learned that Americans in the past few years have been drinking more water then soda. According to Associated Press For more than twenty years, soda was Americans number one favorite drink with consumption peaking in 1998 with a high at 54 gallons a year. Americans drank just 42 gallons a year of water at the time. But over the decades, the scale began to tip more throughs the water raising a worry for soda companies (AP). The U.S. now drinks an average of 44 gallons of soda a year, the average amount of water people drink has increased 38% to about 58 gallons a year (Beverage Digest industry tracker). Bottled water has led that growth, with consumption nearly doubling to 21 gallons a year.
Interview with a Nutritionist
"Your waist size should not be more than half your height." -Dr. Mehmet Oz
Fun Facts
Fun facts were pull straight out of the summer issue of Men'sFitness 2012
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The most active city: San Diego — 54.5% do at least one core fitness activity (yoga, swimming, kickboxing, etc.) more than 50 times a year
Healthiest Cities (Percentage of residents with a healthy body weight): San Francisco (44.8) Oakland (44.8) Honolulu (43.9) Albuquerque (43.3) Boston (43.2)
In Oakland: More than 90% are smoke-free.
In Austin 31.1% of residents are cardio fanatics.(12th overall)
Washington, D.C. is the happiest city in America, according to a Gallup survey
Boston: Bostonians spend 92% less than the national average on Fast Food, according to Bundle
In San Francisco, 30.6% of resident eat veggies at least five times a day
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The most active city: San Diego — 54.5% do at least one core fitness activity (yoga, swimming, kickboxing, etc.) more than 50 times a year
Healthiest Cities (Percentage of residents with a healthy body weight): San Francisco (44.8) Oakland (44.8) Honolulu (43.9) Albuquerque (43.3) Boston (43.2)
In Oakland: More than 90% are smoke-free.
In Austin 31.1% of residents are cardio fanatics.(12th overall)
Washington, D.C. is the happiest city in America, according to a Gallup survey
Boston: Bostonians spend 92% less than the national average on Fast Food, according to Bundle
In San Francisco, 30.6% of resident eat veggies at least five times a day
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