Obesity In America Documentary Summary

Obesity is an epidemic in America that is continuously becoming worse than it was a few years ago. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 40% of U.S women are obese; also, the prevalence of childhood obesity remains at 17%. Obesity in America has been attributed to many factors. For instance, over consumption of fast food. The fast food industry in America is a vast industry that makes quick, satisfying meals at a very low cost.

Obesity: Swallowing America Whole The American taste buds are hooked to sweet, spicy, and salty flavors. The mouth controls the diet and emotions of every American. This food obsession, however, has transformed from an excitement to an addiction. Food controls physical and mental health; one eats when sad, happy, or bored.

Every day, there are girls who look in the mirror and all they see is fat and ugly. Every day, boys look at themselves and say, “too scrawny”, “to fat”, “not enough muscles”. Every day people starve themselves just to fit into society’s mold of what the perfect person looks like. Every day we see stick thin models and buff male celebrities on television, in advertisements, and in other forms of media. The media influences people all the time to have a negative body image and nobody is doing anything to stop it.

Mcdonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken(KFC) and Taco Bell had been around and took advantage of the circumstances. Consumers turned to fast food as an alternative to traditional home cooked meals. In Attacking the Obesity Epidemic by First Figuring Out Its Cause, a New York Times article written by Jane E. Brody Says, “Women were spending a lot less time on food preparations, but the industry figured out ways to make food more readily available for everybody”(1). This indicates how the food industry adapted and become aware of the situation and took advantage. With women being away from home families alone at home would be hungry.

According to Cash & Pruzinsky’s (2002) study, the body image refers to how individuals think, feel, and behave with respect to their physical attributes of weight, body shape, size, and appearance. Thus, in this study, key themes such as confidence level, behaviour, and personal thoughts were highlighted. Giving the answer to RQ3 which asks how satisfied or dissatisfied are gym goers towards their body image, from the field observation results, the “fit” male participants were overflowing with confidence as they wore as little clothing as possible to show off their muscles, especially those who had no problem at all walking around shirtless. They were clearly satisfied and more comfortable than ever in their own skin. They are also well aware that their bodies

People tend not to sometimes love the body they were created in because of the way the media culture has acculturated certain body shapes and sizes. Body image refers to a person’s mental representation of their body. The way people view their body mentally can either be positive or negative. In today’s society, where the media culture and celebrities dominate almost everything, including a certain way people should look, have made most people have a negative body image. As a result of people having negative body image, it has contributed to many eating disorders, low self-esteem and low self-confidence.

When dicussing about body satisfaction, self-esteem is an element must be accounted to. The two has the mutual relationship with each other and would go low or high together. How a person perceived about his or her body reflect his or her thought towards him or her, it also depends on the attitude of others toward one’s appearance or personality. Self-esteem has a powerful impact when it comes to body disatisfaction, when a person dissatisfied with their body, their self-esteem increase. The most common type of body disatisfaction is being overweight comparing to the thinness.

Body Image and the Media “A healthy body image is not something that you are going to learn from fashion magazines.” (“Quiz: Do You Have a Healthy Body Image?”). Therefore; body image refers to the way a person perceives themselves. Numerous women and men battle with an unhealthy body image due to the media; furthermore, it makes humanity presume they are not adequate. The media should not have any control over how people contemplate their body image.

Child obesity is condition that affects children and adolescents, it occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his or her age and height. The excess fats negatively affects the child health or wellbeing. It is being recognized as a health concern due to its rising prevalence and its many adverse health effects. It can be referred to as overweight rather than obese because the term is less stigmatizing. CAUSES OF CHILD OBESITY

Obesity: The Impact on American Life Obesity has easily become one of the greatest and rising health issues, not only in America, but globally as well. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one-third (36.5%) of the adult population in the United States is considered obese. This statistic shows that obesity is actually very common among adults. Not only that, but it is a very serious health issue, and also a very costly one. Obesity has a huge impact on the individual that suffers from it, but it also has an immense impact on the American society in general.