A Weighty Issue
I know that everyone can think of someone who is not just really healthy, or a little thick around the middle, but is extremely overweight or even morbidly obese. We can all think of that someone who is constantly trying the newest fad diet in yet another unsuccessful attempt to lose weight. Obesity is an epidemic in America. Other countries incidences of obesity in children as well as adults are not nearly as high as those in this country. With all of the past and current pandemics and epidemics in the world, some may think that being fat does not rank in very high importance. The problem of being unhealthy fat may be having a greater impact on our lives in American than we realize. In order to ameliorate the situation, we must first consider some of the underlying causes of this problem.
One of the most prominent reasons for obesity is the wealth of the American Nation. Wealth has a tendency to bring about gluttony. Because the nation as a whole is very......
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