Childhood Obesity In World War Z

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As the government in World War Z was awful to their community which caused them to suffer relates to how child obesity is an epidemic affecting our society in a terrifying manner.
The risk factors of child obesity trigger the tendency of obesity in adulthood. Medical professionals warn that we must avoid and treat weight problems in childhood to prevent disorders, and diseases associated with overweight later in life. In World War Z, “The truth was, neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor any pf the other official and unofficial U.S. intelligence organizations have ever been some kind of all-seeing, all-knowing, global illuminati” (Page 46). The whole system is the one to blame about this epidemic in our society. We live in a commercialized …show more content…

Lastly, I would stimulate more activities outdoors in order to get them involved more in a way which would benefit them in healthy way. The national and global epidemic of childhood obesity is at their peak of an disturbing rate. According to the Journal of the America Medical Association, “more than one-third of adults and 17% of the youth in the United States are obese.” (Ogden 2012). These number are scary to take in and there are many contributing factors to consider in this …show more content…

One of the interviewers Kondo Tatsumi, articulates the understanding as “something that almost stopped his heart” (Page 216). Saladin Kader talks about his heart by saying it is “about to burst” (Page 43). Another interviewer defines a “tingling sensation that began to work its way up through his heart and lungs” (297). When it comes down to society looking at obesity as an stereotype of being mean I thought about how much that can hurt them and bring them down. Obesity people hear over and over of how overweight they are and how they are labeled as being lazy, mean, and not having self-discipline. Obesity has connected with many offensive words such as being worthless, ugly, and being unsuccessful (2). People who are overweight are stereotyped to being food addicts and not being able to control how much they devour. It is not right to make assumptions on how much food they might eat based on the size of their

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