Obesity has increased in many parts of the world, both globally and locally. In some countries obesity has risen a great deal, compared to other countries. Russian, is one of the places which more than 24% of the population being obesity. This wasn’t the case a few years ago but the reason for the increase is that people don’t tend to do as much exercise as they used to, as they use cars etc more often and portion sizes have changed a great deal over their, meaning a higher fat intake leading to a increase in obesity. Another country where obesity has increased is Asia. There is a great problem in Asia, with obesity as more there are so many fast-foods places in Asia, and it is hard to get away from it all. Roads in Asia were once filled with pedestrians and cyclists are now congested with cars. Finally another country in the world where obesity is increasing is Turkey. The overall obesity in adults was 18.6% in the year 1990. Ten years later in 2000, the obesity rate was 21.9%, which shows a relative increase rate of 17.7%. Obesity is common for women in turkey and is one of the main health risks in Turkey. Some of the reasons for the increased of obesity in Turkey could be due to the fact that fast foods places are increased all around the country and the promotion of fast-food is higher nowadays.
Countries are finding it harder and harder to control obesity as it is becoming so popular and there are more companies about nowadays that sell fast food. A study which investigated how popular fast-food was showed that ‘in 2002 Americans spent about $115 billion on fast food, which is more than higher education. One of the reasons as to why it is difficult to control obesity is that there are so many factors which cause obesity and some of these can happen in the home, therefore the government cannot go as far as setting laws for people in their own homes. Therefore the government cannot control all of the aspects of obesity, as there would be many debates as to how far people can go to stop it.
Obesity has many other problems which come with it, like the social and health implications. One of the social implications which are created from obesity is being bullied because you don’t look like everyone and therefore may not be accepted. This can often be described as ‘Social death’ which is used to describe a condition of people who are not accepted as fully human by wider society. This is a big problem in society with people who are obese, as it can affect them not only mentally but physical and if the problem gets very bad then they may end up self-harming or even worse suicide. One of the health implications which are created from being obese is a higher risk of certain diseases. For example, you are at more a risk of having a stroke, having diabetes or having a coronary heart disease. This is one of the major problems which come from being obese, as you life expectancy also increases.
To conclude obesity is one of the biggest problems worldwide and has often be defined as one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide. This therefore means if people knew or were learnt a lot about obesity then maybe the risk of people being obese might go down slightly. There are many factors which increase the risk of people becoming obese both globally and locally. One factor which has increased the risk of obesity is portion sizes. Over the past 50 years portion sizes have increased therefore leading to an increase in fat intake etc. Most companies over the past 50 years have changed the portion sizes of their foods and drinks, therefore making it cheaper and easy to get hold of fast-food. Finally obesity is a problem both locally and globally, therefore obesity has increased all over the world. For example in Asia, obesity has increased a lot because of the increase in food advertisement and the increase in the amount of fast-food restaurant that are being built all over the country.
