Obesity
By: Martine Epperson
-Causes
- Eating high fat content and low nutrient dense foods
- Eating oversized portions
- Limited physical activity
- Inherited generic traits
-Foods to include
- Smaller portions
- Reduced-fat or fat free
- Whole grains
- Fish
- Fresh fruits and vegetables
-Extra Facts
- Obesity doubled since 1980
- In 2008, more than 1.4 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight.
- Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese
- Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths.
- At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese
- More than 40 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2011
- Obesity is preventable