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4550035363152500251460“If It Jiggles Its Fat” Arnold Schwarzenegger00“If It Jiggles Its Fat” Arnold Schwarzeneggercentercenter950009500047227403173632Bryan HulinskyJeremy Ostlund2013 CampaignEnglish 20104000020000Bryan HulinskyJeremy Ostlund2013 CampaignEnglish 2010Obesity: The Americans rise in Morbidity There is an epidemic sweeping our nation and throughout the world and is causing hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. In today’s society, children, teens, and adults suffer from being overweight or obese. The effects of the nation’s obesity are immense and rampant; it is not enough for us to simply discourse about this epidemic. In order to make a change and see a difference, we must collaboratively come together and bring mindfulness to this serious matter. Making a conscious effort to make a change in the lives of the American population is a great way to take a step forward in lowering the death rate and increasing the longevity in humans’ lives. We need to catch the attention of multiple Americans, to promote weight loss, and support a healthy lifestyle, a large movement needs to take place. If everyone indulged in a healthy diet and promoted exercising within their lives, a slow, but steady change would begin to take place amongst the obese population. Our campaign will provide each individual the information and guidance one needs to avoid obesity and help decrease these rates. Passing on the knowledge of a healthy lifestyle, along with a lifestyle change in general will slowly draw more and more awareness to this silent endemic. Since obesity is spreading extensively, our goal with this discussion is to create a movement combating obesity. 107505519177000Childhood Obesity is growing exponentially. Around one in every five children is now considered overweight or obese for their age. From what obesity used to be over two decades ago (15-20% of the American population) to what it is in today’s society (32-35% of the American population) (Research,food) it has become an epidemic; especially in children and young adults. Obesity is defined as “being very fat or over weight”. Our society and the individuals within it are the leading causes of childhood obesity. The population needs to reconsider the ways of how and what our children are consuming on a daily basis. In addition how society needs to re-direct the lives of children in order to fight this life threatening disorder.Parents and guardians are the number one cause of why children are overweight, and consequently becoming obese. A child’s foundation of life is solely the responsibility of the parent to decide upon. They choose on what type of education they feel is needed for their children, how this information is pertinent, and why their children should be educated. Therefore, parents are responsible for their own children’s development. Studies have shown that a child will develop his/her personality right around the age of seven CITATION Ala11 \l 1033 (Alan), and around this time is where parents are neglecting to teach their children how to live a healthy lifestyle. This point in a child’s life would be best to show them how to live a healthier life.-550545120459500 One of the main keys to life is; every living “thing” in existence needs some sort of nutrition in order to survive. If humans do not fuel their bodies with appropriate-good nutrition, then the human body will turn against us; causing obesity, and a variety of health problems. Children are the beginning of new life, and if children are not getting a good source of nutrition, their chances of becoming obese are greater than if they we’re to accept a healthier life style. Kids who choose to eat unhealthy have greater chances of becoming obese; and also a higher risk of gaining type two diabetes CITATION Ala11 \l 1033 (Alan). Many people allow kids to grow up thinking that candy, soda-pop, fast-food, frozen foods, and microwaved foods are an acceptable form of nutrition. The truth is, children are not getting nearly enough nutrients the human body needs when they are consuming these poor choices of food. They are ingesting only “empty” calories, preservatives, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, and Tran’s fats. Empty calories are calories that contain no nutritional value, Tran’s fats are fatty acids that are a cause of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and fatty deposit build up around the muscle tissue; all of which are known to cause health problems and a greater risk of becoming obese CITATION Hay13 \l 1033 (Haynes). Children grow at rapid rates compared to their growth once 2644140393509500they reach adult hood; while the human body is growing, it needs all good sources of nutrition it can absorb. This means with younger kids (depending on age, height, gender) they need a maximum of 2,000 nutritional calories per day CITATION Ala11 \l 1033 (Alan). However, this is not always the circumstance; more people are eating out at fast food places which have (on average) 450-700 empty calories in one meal, and consuming higher calorie/fatty foods even in their own homes. Most of the calories counted from fast food meals derive from Trans fats (Chase).Individuals are not only allowing kids to partake in un-healthy foods, they are also not limiting the portion sizes kids consume. Society has taken portion sizes from what they should be (rule of thumb the size of a person’s fist is a portion size) to overeating and making portions bigger then they need to be. Likewise, parents are un-aware they are allowing society to brain wash them and their children into thinking the amount of food you need to take in one meal is greater than it should normally be. With the “all you can eat” buffets, the super-size menu, etc..; all these food sources are reasons why society does not have control over how big there actual portion sizes should be. Most would agree that children attend school to help develop themselves academically as young adults; however, one thing most do not consider as part of a child’s education is their development on how to live a healthy lifestyle. Society has an obligation, and this obligation is that we must educate our children on how to energize and fuel their bodies appropriately. Health doctors, teachers, etc… have said it time and time again, “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” When humans are sleeping, their metabolism usually goes into a slower “resting” state, and stays at rest until you give it something to digest and turn into fuel for the body CITATION Dav09 \l 1033 (Davis). Eating breakfast will help with maintaining energy levels; food is only fuel for the human body, and when individuals skip out on eating breakfast there body will go into a “Catabolic State.” A catabolic state is when a human does not provide itself with the right amount of nutrients by skipping a meal, it will start to go into starvation mode and begin feeding off the muscle tissue in order to obtain the right amount of nutrition the body needs to function CITATION Dav09 \l 1033 (Davis). Likewise, when the body goes into starvation mode, it will start storing any nutrients it can obtain into fat cells, posing why society is becoming obese. Not eating breakfast when we first wake up and continue without food until around lunch time; is only doing more harm to our bodies. If children do not give their bodies the optimum amount of fuel, then the entire body will not function properly. After about four hours of not eating, the human metabolism will slowly start to shut down. Most kids get around seven to eight hours of sleep leaving the human body without nutrients for many hours CITATION Dav09 \l 1033 (Davis). When kids start their morning off with a healthy breakfast they are kick starting their metabolism right off the bat and giving the body much needed vitamins and minerals that is needed to start a new day CITATION Dav09 \l 1033 (Davis). Healthier foods are not always easy to come by when the fast food industry spends billions of dollars in advertising on how cheap their food is to purchase. Yes, it does tend to be more expensive for parents to buy their kids the healthier food choices. However, all of us parenting or not, need to think about this; when food is available that society knows is a healthier choice (such as organic, low fats and low sugars); spending a little bit more money is common to get better quality foods. Now, if this is the case, how is it that fast food restaurants can charge only a single dollar for a cheeseburger, when one cannot even get a piece of fresh fruit for that price? Is it possible that the fast food industry is not really offering a healthy variety of foods? Choosing a healthier lifestyle is not only about making smart choices at the dinner table. Exercising daily is another important factor to a child’s wellbeing. Lack of exercise in younger children’s daily routine has become a major factor of childhood obesity. After school programs are a great way for children to become more active individuals, as well as more interactive with their communities. However, as society grows, kids are becoming less involved with after school activities/programs such as; little league basketball, soccer, football, T-ball, or just being active with friends. Video games are a huge influence in why kids do not want to participate in a more active lifestyle. They would rather surf the web, play their gaming system, or just take part in daily TV episodes. Kids are finding themselves more fascinated with the thought of living in a -5905528321000fictional world (not real) and doing more indoor activities rather than taking advantage of a more practical world with outside activities. Kids are not only doing harm to their bodies physically, they are also harming themselves mentally. They convince themselves that it is okay to live a life style of no physical activity. Likewise, it is not only the parent’s fault that kids are unable to participate in after school sports. Some lower income families are unable to afford such luxuries due to how expensive they can be. Why is exercising so important to a child’s wellbeing? When humans bring their heart rate up from the “resting” state (70-120 beats per min) on a weekly basis they are gearing their body to fight off an arrangement of future and present diseases, such as; diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, clogged orderlies, etc…(Hellmich ”Americans”).When kids exercise they are keeping themselves less vulnerable to major health problems by keeping fatty deposits away from vital organs, maintaining good blood circulation throughout the entire body, keeping ones blood sugar at a normal stage, helping build stronger bones and muscle growth etc… CITATION Nan12 \l 1033 (Hellmich)Exercising is not only good for a child’s body “physically”, but it also benefits them mentally. Staying active keeps the brain in a healthier state; studies show that kids who exercise regularly tend to have better problem solving skills and can concentrate more easily CITATION Ala11 \l 1033 (Alan). Lack of exercise is prevalent not only in children, but in teens and young adults as well.Exercising programs within the schools (gym, school sports; football, basketball, baseball, dance, etc…) are not taken advantage of by students. Once students have become the age to where they can make their own decisions more easily and frequently, most of them tend veer away from physical activities that the schools offer through exercise programs. At this time in teens and young adult’s life; they are more worried about having a social life, rather than how to exercise properly and live healthier. Likewise, students are also becoming more “lazy” so to speak; they would rather go to a friend’s house and socialize or drive around town with their new driver’s license they just obtained. Not only is it the students fault for not being more active in schools, but the schools physical activity programs are to blame as well. Most schools do not require students to do a lot of “participating” within gym classes; teachers only require you to come in proper physical activity attire, and in doing so you received participation points for the day. Teachers are not requiring the students to actually partake in the activities assigned by the teacher, posing one of the reasons why students are not active while attending school.220980018288000School vending machines are convenient and cheap for the students to purchase from; these innovative machines are posing a great impact on teen and young adult obesity. Vending machines are in every middle school on up to every college, offering students easy access to low quality snacks and foods. School lunches are fairly more expensive than what you can get out of a vending machine, most school lunches cost around $2.50-3.50 (on average), and if you are on low income or the people are not willing to pay those prices, they will resort to vending machines CITATION AME10 \l 1033 (DENTISTRY). These machines are almost always filled with the usual, high in trans-fat potato chips, or candy/sweets that have high fructose corn syrup and a high sugar content; serving the customer no nutritional value. Students are eating (on average) around 19-50 percent of their daily food consumption at school, this means out of the 1200 -2500 (on average) calorie diet they are supposed to be consuming around a quarter to half of those calories are coming from the school’s cafeteria and even worse, the school vending machines CITATION Ala11 \l 1033 (Alan).An estimated 20 percent of public schools sell branded fast food, mostly in high schools, Where kids are able to choose from McDonald’s cheeseburgers, Subway and Quizno Sandwiches, Panda Express, Chick-Fil-A chicken and pizza from Pizza Hut as opposed to ordering from the regular lunch program. One of the main issues is the calorie difference from these vendors as opposed to the school lunch. The Child Nutrition Bill that was passed by Congress in 2010, states that school lunch will be between 750 and 850 calories. This requires that meals will include double the vegetables and fruit, and cutting down the protein and carbohydrate portions. Many of the students feel the school lunches –although designed to be healthier – leave them hungry. So the alternative is the fast food options. For the schools that have not incorporated these chains or their products onto their grounds still cannot escape the plethora of fast food restaurants within a half-mile radius of school grounds. It is possible for the student 33737552540000to stay within the 850 calorie limit while dining out: McDonald’sBig Mac (550)3372485601443A fast food meal in comparison to the 850 calorie school meal. 00A fast food meal in comparison to the 850 calorie school meal. small fries (230)Diet Coke (0)2 ketchup packets (30)small iced nonfat latte with sugar free vanilla syrup (40)Total: 850 (Lovett)However, these calories are not the same nutrition filled that compose the school lunch; rather they are laden with trans-fat, high sodium, and full of preservatives. The poor nutrition choices that are made during high school often carry into the student’s college years. Many kids will be departing away from home for the first time to attend university where they take on a full course load of classes. With their limited time, it is to grab food from the vending machines or the “snack shacks”. The continued trend of poor nutrition choices combined with the lack of exercise can follow the student through graduation and as they enter the working world as a young adult. As of 2010, more than one third (35.7%) of Americans are obese. To determine if one is obese, we utilize the person’s height and weight to determine their body mass index (BMI). An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight. An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.HeightWeight RangeBMIConsidered6' 0"134 lbs or lessBelow 18.5Underweight135 lbs to 184 lbs18.5 to 24.9Healthy weight185 lbs to 214 lbs25.0 to 29.9Overweight215 lbs or more30 or higherObese2413009525000 Being overweight is a contributing factor to the following disease conditions: Established CHD (Coronary Heart Disease)Type 2 diabetesSleep apneaGynecological abnormalities OsteoarthritisGallstonesStress incontinenceHypertension (High blood pressure)High cholesterolBreast cancerColon cancerUterine cancer (USA Gov.)The most severe conditions of obesity are the abundant effects that it has on the human heart. When a person is obese, their heart has to work twice as hard by increasing the volume of blood that has to be circulated with every heartbeat, which puts excessive strain on the heart. And since the heart is governed by a set of electrical pulses within the muscle, obesity can change the pattern in which these pulses occur, this is known as arrhythmias. If this problem is left unchanged, the person can go into cardiac arrest. Medical Doctor William Kannel (1923-2011) was a pioneer in Cardiovascular Epidemiology and was the successor to Dr. Thomas Dawber. Kannel took over as the head oversight to the now famous Framingham Heart Study. Through this study, it’s been defined that heart failure was 40x more prominent in a obese person than that of a person who was not obese. It was also determined through the research that a person who was over-weight had the signs of high blood pressure. The higher blood levels cause the arteries to become inflamed. When this is combined with the fatty deposits (plaque) that line the walls of the arteries, the 19500855226685"A man is as old as his arteries."–Thomas Sydenham, English physician, 1624-168900"A man is as old as his arteries."–Thomas Sydenham, English physician, 1624-1689higher the risk of blood clots can occur, leading to a heart attack. Understanding that high blood pressure not only adds to the stress of an artery, but it also pre-maturely ages it along with the other contributing factors of high cholesterol, obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. With the heart beating over a 100,000 times a day, these contributing factors wear down the arteries. Another major health risk for an obese person is diabetes. Diabetes is a disease that affects the way the body’s metabolism breaks down food and turns it into glucose, the bodies source of energy. Once food has been digested, the glucose travels through the body and is distributed to the cells to provide energy. However, a hormone produced by the pancreas called insulin is needed to allow the glucose to pass into the cells. This is an automatic process in a healthy body. But when diabetes develops, the pancreas is not creating enough insulin for the cells. And what little insulin is distributed to the muscle cells, liver and fat, it is not processed properly. When this happens, the glucose remains in the blood stream, starving the cells. As time passes, the glucose in the blood causes damage in the arteries leading to heart conditions and strokes. What is the effect of diabetes and obesity? Carrying around additional weight significantly increases the various possibilities of heart diseases due to the abdominal fat creating more LDL (bad) cholesterol. This is blood fat that coats the inner walls of the blood vessels. When this occurs, the vessels will become narrower and begin to harden, making it difficult for the blood to circulate. 0-190500Because of the severe conditions associated with obesity, the cost associated has a substantial impact upon our economy through direct and indirect costs. The direct costs come in annual medical costs. The Journal of Health has stated that in 2005 the cost of medical care for obesity was $168.4 billion or 16.5% national spending. And the newest study in 2010 equates to $190.2 billion or 20.6% of medical expenditures. As these numbers are broken down, it represents the roughly $1,800 for an overweight person, $3,000 for obese with a BMI of 35-40 and $5,530 for obese with a BMI above 40. These extra costs are used to cover medical visits, preventative, diagnostics and treatments pertaining to obesity. The indirect costs come in form of morbidity costs. These account for value of income lost due to decreased productivity, more days taken off from work and increased number of claims for disability benefits. Annually, moderate obese men have an absenteeism cost of $277 and moderate obese women have an absenteeism cost of $407. (Hellmich “State Obesity”)In other countries, most notably Japan, they have implemented a tax to combat the increased expenditures from obesity placed on their health care system. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) stated that Japan had one of the lowest obesity rates of any country (3%). Despite this, In 2008 Japans Ministry of Health had passed a law to combat the obesity within their country. This law mandated that citizens - up to age 75- annual checkup would also include a mandatory weigh in and have waist measurements taken. Men and women that do not meet the required waist measurements are placed on monitoring program, attend counseling and support sessions. If they fail to meet the set standards after these sessions, they will be charged with a 10% fine on their health care payments. (Hanson) In Europe, Denmark implemented their “Fat Tax” in 2011 in hopes of combating its rising rate of overweight citizens. This tax was tacked onto products that contained over 2.3% saturated fats in hopes of deterring citizens from purchasing unhealthy products from the market, leading to healthier lifestyles and eventually lowering the cost of its health care. However, the citizens did not see this the same way and claimed the government was trying to implement a nanny state. In response to these taxes, many Danes took to crossing the border to purchase their groceries, bypassing the tax and returning home. Within a year’s time the Danish government abolished their “Fat Tax” (Micklethwait).How does this apply to the United States? Having witnessed mixed results coming from Europe, certain states, such as New York have begun to delegate higher taxes on sugar filled beverages and limiting the serving size to be no more than 16 oz. as a starting point to address the epidemic of obesity. Naturally there are those people that will oppose these types of legislation from being passed, with their rhetoric including that it is unconstitutional, “Big Brother” is in effect, and even similar statements of what the Danish called a nanny state. If these higher prices and larger tax percentages become tacked onto just more than sugar filled drinks and begins to cover products that are laden with high fructose corn syrup and excessive sodium content and even bringing these hikes into the fast food industry, could we -196850165989000begin to see a decrease in the consumption of these products, similar to the ever increasing cost of tobacco products leading to fewer smokers? If we don’t begin to take preventative measures now, the obesity rate will have doubled in many states by 2030. From the records kept by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity from the 60’s up until the 80’s had remained roughly at 15%. From there until early 2000, the percentage had reached 32% and by 2010 the US has reached 36%. At the rate obesity is rising, the predictions are that many states will have surpassed 60% by 2030. (Hellmich “State Obesity”)Obesity percentage in 2011 indicated in parenthesis and the 2030 predicted percentage1. Mississippi (34.9%) -- 66.7%2. Louisiana (33.4%) -- 62.1%3. West Virginia (32.4%) -- 60.2%4. Alabama (32%) -- 62.6%5. Michigan (31.3%) -- 59.4%6. Oklahoma (31.1%) -- 66.4%7. Arkansas (30.9%) -- 60.6%8. (tie) Indiana (30.8%) -- 56%and South Carolina (30.8%) -- 62.9%10. (tie) Kentucky (30.4%) -- 60.1%and Texas (30.4%) --57.2%12. Missouri (30.3%) -- 61.9%13. (tie) Kansas (29.6%) -- 62.1%and Ohio (29.6%) -- 59.8%15. (tie) Tennessee (29.2%) -- 63.4%and Virginia (29.2%) -- 49.7%17. North Carolina (29.1%) -- 58%18. Iowa (29%) -- 54.4%19. Delaware (28.8%) -- 64.7%20. Pennsylvania (28.6%) -- 56.7%21. Nebraska (28.4%) -- 56.9%22. Maryland (28.3%) --58.8%23. South Dakota (28.1%) -- 60.4%24. Georgia (28%) -- 53.6%25. (tie) Maine (27.8%) -- 55.2%and North Dakota (27.8%) -- 57.1%27. Wisconsin (27.7%) -- 56.3%28. Alaska (27.4%) -- 45.6%29. Illinois (27.1%) -- 53.7%30. Idaho (27%) -- 53%31. Oregon (26.7%) -- 48.8%32. Florida (26.6%) -- 58.6%33. Washington (26.5%) -- 55.5%34. New Mexico (26.3%) -- 54.2%35. New Hampshire (26.2%) -- 57.7%36. Minnesota (25.7%) -- 54.7%37. (tie) Rhode Island (25.4%) -- 53.8%and Vermont (25.4%) -- 47.7%39. Wyoming (25%) -- 56.6%40. Arizona (24.7%) -- 58.8%41. Montana (24.6%) -- 53.6%42. (tie) Connecticut, (24.5%) -- 46.5%and Nevada (24.5%) -- 49.6%and New York (24.5%) -- 50.9%45. Utah (24.4%) -- 46.4%46. California (23.8%) -- 46.6%47. (tie) District of Columbia (23.7%) -- 32.6%and New Jersey (23.7%) -- 48.6%49. Massachusetts (22.7%) -- 48.7%50. Hawaii (21.8%) -- 51.8%51. Colorado (20.7%) -- 44.8% Source: Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPossibilities to start combating our country’s weight pandemic: Revamp the education programs in the school system regarding proper nutrition and the benefits of a balanced diet with an exercise program. If this foundation is laid during the grade school years and then become a separate class for credit during middle and high school. Television adds similar to the anti-tobacco placements. With more wide-spread advertising during heavy viewing hours can help raise awareness of those that are not in an education environment. Overweight and obese support groups and hotlines. Being able to surround ones-self around others who wish to make the change to a healthier lifestyle can support one another.With the huge push that has been made to reform our nation’s healthcare system, now would be the time to implement annual weight regulations. If we were to imitate Japan’s system, we would spend less money on medicine and corrective treatments. By implementing a weight standard, we would be able to cut cost on annual medical spending by focusing on preventative health care. People respond much better to rewards more than punishments. With this in mind, people who were not previously within in their standard and have made healthy changes and cut inches from their wastes could be rewarded by having their premiums going down on their insurance rates.Works CitedAlan. Teachers VS Obesity. 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