Obesity in America

A Crisis decades in the making

Break down of a healthy diet The healthy amount of calories a person should eat is 2000-2400 calories dependent on age, gender, and activity level. Obesity starts by eating excess of the worst food groups. It takes 3500 calories to gain 1 pound and it cant take up to a week burn off saved calories that haven't been converted to fat.

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Why kids have the hardest time with obesityWhile it should be hardest for kids to get reach obesity it is also exceedingly hard for a child to drop there weight gain through diet alone. Because children are constantly growing they need more energy then an average adult which makes it a potential danger to put children under a weight loss diet unless they are fully obese and have a doctors approval as well as check ups. This was one of the main challenges for me when I help the nutritionists make a diet plan for there adolescent clients

Good old Statistics In my research paper I discovered the statiscal facts of obesity.

1 in 3 American adults are considered overweight as of 2010

17% of American youth are considered overweight.

Health care costs will go up by hundreds per person because of the increased risks of an obese population

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html

Best solution?

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