Problem+Research

"Obesity - PubMed Health." Web. 27 Oct. 2011. .

1. Eating more food than your body can use can cause obesity. 2. Drinking to much alcohol can also cause obesity. 3. The way we eat as kids can affect the way we eat as adults. 4. Many people today have desk jobs unlike the people who had more active jobs in the past. 5. To help stop obesity people need to start making healthier choices. 6. Need to start eating healthier foods, healthier snacks, and drink less of sodas or fruit juices. 7. As Americans we need to start exercising everyday. That will help maintain a healthy lifestyle. 8. The most efficient way of dieting is through a slow and steady weight loss program. 9. The other ways of dieting like an extremely low calorie intake or a surgery can end up in you just gaining the weight back again.

"Students No Longer Walking to School, Despite Millions Spent; Meanwhile, the childhood-obesity problem grows." //Education Week// 12 Oct. 2011: 9. //Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA270624666&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

10. Most students today do not walk to school. 11. There has been $820 million dollars spent on making sidewalks and crossing lanes so that kids could walk to school. 12. Obesity should be taken care of at home and even though walking to school might help a little it still wouldn't help a lot. 13. Schools should help to make safer walkways so that kids and their parents can feel safe. 14. People don't want to have to walk they would much rather drive or take the bus to get to school. 15. The people wouldn't let this architect put the parking lot a few hundred feet from the building it had to be right next to it. 16. People also complain about the weather conditions that their children might have to walk in. 17. If we want to stop childhood obesity we need to be able to change and try new things.

"A wide spread problem; Obesity." //The Economist// [US] 27 Aug. 2011: 71(US). //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA265222432&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

18. The answer to obesity is obvious but the people who obesity affects are not willing to change. 19. It's a lot harder to move accumulated fat then to just not put it there in the first place. 20. Different diets take different effects on different people making some dieting a problem. 21. Gaining weight is easy but removing weight is hard. 22. Obesity is a problem because some people are just to lazy to change or to go on a diet and exercise more! 23. Then again after some people diet and lose a lot of weight they just gain it back. 24. People need to stick with healthy lifestyles not just eat what tastes good all the time. 25. A diet needs to be fit right with very person like a pair of shoes. People are different and can lose weight in different ways.

"If you build it, they may not come; Food deserts." //The Economist// [US] 9 July 2011: 31(US). //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA260811956&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

26. A new website from the Department of Agriculture shows that 10% of is now a food desert. 27. The Department of Agriculture says that low income families have little or no access to healthy/fresh foods. 28. The Department of Agriculture connects these foods deserts to a growing weight problem mostly towards childhood obesity. 29. Childhood obesity in America has tripled since the late 1980's. 30. Michele Obama launched a 400 million dollar healthy food program that aims to eliminate food deserts nationwide. 31. The USDA did not account for the farmers markets, roadside stores, and greengrocers that sell a lot of healthy and nutritious foods. 32. Some Americans just do not care enough to eat a balanced/healthy diet.

Fung, Althea. "Obesity Rates Rise in 16 States, Report Finds." //Nationaljournal.com// 7 July 2011. //Infotrac Newsstand//. Web. 31 Oct. 2011.

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33. Adult obesity rates have in almost a third of all of the states. 34. The rate of obesity has not declined at all in any of the 50 states. 35. Obesity can cause serious health problem that include diabetes and high blood pressure. 36. Since 1995 diabetes have doubled in 8 states. 37. Every state has a diabetes rate over 20%, and 9 of them have over a 30% rate. 38. Americans need to start making healthy choices to start making obesity rates decline instead of increase more and more.

"Healthy places, healthy people: obesity and the built environment." //Parks & Recreation// July 2011: S8. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA264760831&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

39. This group of people is encouraging people to start having a more active lifestyle. 40. Another problem is the types of foods people have access to. The low income families won't be able to afford the healthy food and might have to eat a lot of unhealthy food because it is cheaper and fits into their budget. 41. For the people who live in cities or have a short ride somewhere should ride their bikes instead of driving every once in awhile. 42. Riding your bike or walking instead of driving can help you get your needed amount of exercise everyday. 43. The only way we are going to start fighting this obesity problem is by educating our youth. 44. Kids need to learn that we don't always have to eat the foods that taste the best because usually they are not the best things for us. 45. Snacks need to start becoming healthy instead of something unhealthy like a bag of potato chips.

"Obese Students Tend to Exercise Less, Drink More Soda." //American School & University// [Online Exclusive] 1 Feb. 2011. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 31 Oct. 2011. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA250277048&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w

46. A study of sixth graders in Michigan found that the students who drink more soda and eat school lunches were more likely to watch T.V. than exercise. 47. They found out that whether there is a genetic problem or not obesity can be fought by exercise and physical activities. 48. We can decrease child obesity by providing more time for exercise at school and by providing healthier lunches at school. 49. But, school can't do everything students need to learn to eat healthy and exercise at home.

"2011 Updated Obesity Statistics : NCSF." //Personal Trainer Certification and Health Fitness Continuing Education//. Web. 03 Nov. 2011. .

1. 12 states now have obesity rates over 30%. (4 years ago there was only one) 2. 20 years ago no state had obesity levels above 15%. (Today 38 states have obesity levels over 25%) 3. Regionally the highest obesity levels are in the south. (9 out of 10 with the highest rates) 4. Mississippi has had the highest obesity rates for 7 years running. 5.In 1995 only 4 states had diabetes rates over 6%. Today 43 states have diabetes rates over 7%. 6. The highest obesity rates are among racial and minority groups and the least educated and poor. 7. 33% of adults that did not graduate from high school are obese.