Obese Persons' Obsession with Food

Working as a waitress in a restaurant has allowed me to observe people on a normal basis. Often, I would see people who are considered overweight, or as many would say obese. Whenever I see someone enter into the restaurant that is obese, I always ask myself these questions why on earth would they ever allow themselves to become obsessed with food like that? Are they not concerned with their limitations as an obese person? Most importantly, have they considered the major health issues that come with obesity, like death? My brother and father are great examples, I am accustomed to come home every night to see them sitting on the sofa with a bag of empty potato chips and empty cartons of ice cream all around the living room. Yet, they both have difficulty walking up a flight of stairs, all due to the effects of obesity. A look at food obsession, lifestyle limitations, and health issues should show how negatively effective obesity can be to a person's life.

Food has become an obsession for most obese people. It has taken control over their lives. Today people have greater access to food, as compared to the 1930's Great Depression, where people were suffering in starvation. Fast food corporations seem to be at greater fault for a lot of people's obesity, and this is especially stated in the movie Super Size Me. Some instances in the restaurant where I serve people, I have orders from a single person that consists of a three course meal, plus deserts. It only seems like they haven't eaten in over a month, like they were just held captive in a basement without any food, but it was only three days ago that I had served this same person. To illustrate, whenever I am on break, I sometimes observe these people discreetly, and watch th...

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...heart attack, the doctors immediately put her on a strict diet to decrease her chances of another that may even cause death. Health insurance for obese people is more than likely to be more expensive, since there are far more possibilities as their health is more problematic.

With the facts, statistics and examples I have provided, it is quite clear that obesity in America is not a major concern, as it should be. If some people weren't so obese there would be more food left over to donate to the starving in other countries, health insurance wouldn't have to be so costly, more active people in America, instead of being noticed as “lazy Americans”, and better health, allowing people to live longer to see their grandchildren grow. Obesity has major consequences on the health of many people, so we must stop the effects it has had on our society before it is too late.