Topic > America is fat - 1283

Many people believe that obesity has nothing to do with fast food nor the unhealthy food they serve us. They see it as something we can live with, something that results in an overabundance of food. They say it all depends on how much you eat, not what you eat. Obesity can be caused by lack of sleep, hydroroidism, Cushing's syndrome, etc. It's all the result of what we don't do and what we put in our mouths. In 1950, 50% of jobs required physical activity, in 2011 20% of jobs required it compared to 80% that did not require physical activity. The second reason why many people believe that obesity is not a disease is that one can live a long life with this condition. A 2013 Lancet article noted that about a third of obese people are "healthy obese," meaning that, despite being significantly overweight, they have normal cholesterol and blood pressure levels and no signs of diabetes. However, some of them may have a high BMI, also known as body mass