Obesity In America Essay

Why is there such an increased number of overweight people in the U.S. compared to other countries? I feel like It has always sort of been a known thing that a majority of people in the U.S. are overweight but I never knew why, I am glad that I was able to find some research on it. According to Harvard Public Health, “While the reasons for skyrocketing obesity were largely elusive 30 years ago, they are obvious now. The modern food era has spread out a smorgasbord of hyperpalatable, flavor-enhanced, additive-laced, convenient, and relatively affordable foods that are high in added sugar, unhealthy fats, and salt, and engineered to overcome our internal homeostatic eating signals. Our bodies and brains are all but helpless in response.” (LINK)

It is very true that our diets are very different from what they were many years ago, now a days we have a lot more processed foods, foods that you’d never see then because they were simply not needed. But it isn’t just food in grocery stores, there has also been a sort of outburst of fast food places. Every corner you turn, you see a fast food restaurant which only feeds the temptation. Not only has the food changed these past years but another thing that happened is that dinner plates grew in size, they used to be about 9” in diameter, now they are about 12” in diameter. A lot of people I know overflow their

I have had so much pain from my knees and back that I have wanted to cry. Now I can definitely blame some of the pain on dance, dance is something that also stresses your muscles and joints but me being overweight and dancing as intense as I do, is really starting to take a toll on my joints. Last summer I was in a dance performance, I was one of the lead roles and I was so excited to perform the show. But at the time, I was at my largest and I had already been in two shows that summer, so my body was