Unit 1 Assignment 1 Evidence Based Practice And Nursing Research

Today in our abundance of filling grocery stores and fast food restaurants, most is comforted in knowing when and where their next meal will come from. Although, days in the past where food shortages ran rampant; sanitation was unheard of; and obesity was the last obstacle the American people thought to face have faded. Yet, in the beginning of this 21st century, we are nearing the 40% percent mark of obese adults, and the 13.4% percent back in 1962 has become a short, but a distant memory. The average adult today is heavier compared to the 1950 's, due to changes in our socioeconomic structure; sedentary lifestyle changes; and easy access to unhealthy food choices. Did we know that obesity in the early 1900 's would soon be the cause of

In the future, treatment of obesity could supplant the treatment of the many diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, that take up a part of office practice

Average cost of just the sleeve is from $16,000 -$19,000 and the average cost of the gastric bypass is $20,000-$25,000 (www.nytimes.com). 24 million people are eligible for this surgery according to American society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery(www.nytimes.com). Recovery time is very different for most people, but average amount of people stay in the hospital for 2-3 days then and get back to normal activity around 3-5 weeks(www.webmd.com). In today 's world we have all types of technology to make life easier, but at the same time it is making us more and more obese as technology gets newer and newer. America has never been so overweight ever in history of America and technology is help so well with it, like robots doing things for us or even people delivering groceries to your house so you do not have to do anything, but pay the person how got the groceries for you.

Obesity is a huge problem for the United States and it needs to change. According to the American Diabetes Association, more than 3/4ths of the country is overweight or obese. (Marks 22). The obesity issue is growing together with nation’s waistlines. According to the World Health Organization, “Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health” (“Obesity”).

Atul Gawande author of the nonfiction novel, Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science, writes in the second section of his book that mystery fills the lives of doctors as the medical world are constantly changing. Doctors are often expected to have answers for questions that they do not yet possess. Gawande illustrates his thesis using a doctor’s experience with a severely obese patient.. A gastric-bypass is a serious operation that significantly restricts the amount a food a person can consume; the underlying outcome is extreme weight loss. However, the question is why a particular person, in this case “Mr. Caselli”, becomes grossly overweight?

The top three leading causes of death – stroke, cancer, and heart disease – are all caused by obesity (Oliver 2010). Not only is obesity the cause of premature loss of life, but it also costs America over 150 billion dollars a year in healthcare costs. In order to fix these seemingly overwhelming problems it is imperative that there is a

However, like in everything, there are exceptions. Gawande made the acquaintance of a man who regained all his weight after the surgery, exemplifying the problem of uncertainty with the procedure. Magnifying the doubt, gastric bypass is not found to reduce mortality and many of the so called professionals are not properly trained to perform the

Preventing obesity educating individuals and families through the proper eating practices to prevent childhood and adult obesity. The study of sociology regarding obesity could use the theory of structural functionalism that analyzes obesity in the United States. However, millions of Americans remain obese and overweight which affect the whole body through fatty tissue that causes many conditions like high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, stroke and many types of cancer. Nevertheless, obesity in the United States leads to indirect costs of higher medical and psychological costs of around

Obesity has gained a lot of attention in the recent years especially in the 21st century. Right now in America, there is an ongoing epidemic. The cause is not by viruses or bacteria, but by human nature. There is no one way to solve this serious problem. With growing body sizes and serious medical problems associated with obesity, it is a problem that needs to be addressed and changed.

Gawande demonstrates his point through several different stories involving patients who had gastric-bypass surgery. For example, when telling the story of a woman named Carla, Gawande states, “She had slowly found herself to have a profound and unfamiliar sense of willpower over food.” Gawande argues that as a result of this change, “she no longer wanted to eat like she did before. She thought that the surgery was why she no longer ate as much as she used to. Yet she felt as if she were choosing not to do it” (174).

Studying, reading and researching about obesity in not only North Carolina but in America, many do not realize that obesity is a deadly disease. Th good news is obesity can be prevented y changing diets, increasing physical activities and environment changes. Obesity can sometimes come from medical problems that can reduce a persons daily activities. As a person stops exercising they could gain weight; However, if a media, condition is an issue in a persons daily living, they could speak to their primary care doctor. A primary care physician is a doctor who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health issues based on medical conditions.

In the new era we live in, the levels of obese and overweight individuals are highly growing across the globe. Overweight is defined as the identification of individuals and groups at increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Obesity is considered to be a disease of fat accumulating irregularly to an extent that it can harmfully disrupt an individual's health, it is also related to psychological problems and negative consequences. The situation of cumulative incidents of excess body fat is mostly due to industrialization, a mixture of little exercise, more abundance and availability of food, commonly in the industrialized nations of the Western Hemisphere. This situation comes along with a lot of controversy on the topic; overweight and obese individuals began to feel offended and discriminated by society, thus in reaction to this they created the Fat Acceptance Movement.

Saletan gives more than enough information on how, when, and what is happening worldwide about obesity. Although he does not give a solution, he still made an eye opening experience while reading this essay. Obesity is now happening worldwide. Yes I said it, worldwide according to Saletan. “Egyptian, Mexican, and South African women are as fat as American”, he claims in the second paragraph.

In them article “Let Them Eat Fat” the Author, Greg Crister, uses concrete facts and figures to buttress his arguments. Several researches were considered. There were also comparisons among race, culture, gender and social classes. For instance, “In 1998, Dr. David Satcher, the new U.S. surgeon general, was moved to declare childhood obesity to be epidemic. "Today," he told a group of federal bureaucrats and policymakers, "we see a nation of young people seriously at risk of starting out obese and dooming themselves to the difficult task of overcoming a tough illness."

As a hole there should be more restaurants that promote healthy food choices. Obesity in the United States is out of proportion and something need to be don , not necessarily at the point of government intersection but this needs to be fix some way somehow. ”public health experts say that an unhealthy diet and the lack of exercise are still the two biggest culprits. ”-Felix gusson.