The obesity in New generation

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Obesity in New Generation
Introduction
As the contemporary society struggles to eliminate a lot of epidemic diseases, the society has in turn been swept by its lifestyles resulting into an obese infected and affected society. Hence, obesity has come out as an increasing worry in the new generation in comparison to other diseases. In simple terms, obesity is a condition of excessive or abnormal accumulation of fat in the adipose tissue resulting in health impairment, as the amount fat and its body distribution in absolute terms have significant health inferences (Ofei 99). However, according to this definition, some questions arise as to what value is an average body fat and how fat is too much for one to be obese. For example, an overweight child may weigh relatively less than a healthy adult. Therefore, the weight alone does not give enough qualifying parameter. Therefore, other factors like gender, age, and height could also be included, but in that case, it is worth talking about the causes, challenges, and consequences of obesity in the new generation.
Causes of obesity
Confusingly obesity could be regarded as same to overweight. However, regarding the body mass index (BMI) the two are distinct health states. BMI is the total weight of an individual in kilograms divided by the person’s height in squared meters (Kg/m2) (Nguyen and El-Serag 1). Based on the BMI differences overweight has been defined as having a BMI ranging from 25 to 29.

9 Kg/m2 while obesity is when BMI is more than 30.0 Kg/m2 (Nguyen and El-Serag 1).
In light of that, obesity is mostly caused by the energy imbalance between the consumed calories and the burned calories by the body’s energy requirements; however; this is predominantly higher than the overweight BMI (Oliver 1). Lifestyle, a combination of needs, motivations and wants to be impacted on by family, culture and reference groups, has been substantially linked to causing diabetes. For example, young people are more active and consume more calories because of their activity. However, in the new generation where there are increasing cases of child trafficking, parents prefer that their children be driven from one side of the school to the other, and the others in the house spend most of their time watching television or on social media platforms. Consequently, the calories consumed excessively for exercise ends compile in the body and over time the result in overweight that ultimately develops obesity. Likewise, most parents take their children to private schools where academic work is overvalued at the expense of physical activity. Thus, students spend most, if not all their time doing academic work and losing a lot of exercise activity meant for burning their excessive calories.
Besides that, other factors such as genetics and community environment can cause obesity. Genes are important in providing body instructions in response to environmental changes. It has been reported that there are genetic variations responsible for obesity that increases food intake and hunger (CDC par. 8). Additionally, people will tend to make their decisions regarding their community environment. For instance, one may decide not to bike or walk for shopping due to lack of safe bike and walking trails (CDC par. 4). In the long run with this habit, there is reduced exercise and increase rate fat accumulation resulting in obesity.
The challenge of obesity in health
People with obesity problems should eat healthy food and stop relying heavily on food companies that make junk food to meet their needs that in that case is to sell to get money. Many food businesses intend to lengthen their shelf life and increase value. Foods are perishable as well as costly to manufacture. Hence, companies focus on incorporating preservatives as the cost-effective approach to maximizing profit levels and income (Pollan 567). People should remember how our grandparents ate and how we eat now. Now people with obesity problem to increase because the human being is no longer attracted to natural foods.
Positive consequences of mutation in obesity
Mutation entails the alteration of the gene structure leading to a variant that probably can be passed over to the next generation, thus in return single-gene mutations have been significantly linked to several cases of human obesity (Hernandez and Blazer 257). Although many factors consider obesity as something negative, it also highlights individual active elements. There is evidence that the human being is changing the course of evolution. A study by Steve Gullans and Juan Enriquez determined that globally, obesity rates in people almost doubled over in the period from 1980 to 2014 (Enriquez and Gullans N.p.). Also, reported by US government organizations, autism, a brain disorder that starts in early life and continues to adulthood (PubMed par.1), the rate increased by 131% between 2001 and 2010, an escalation that cannot just be attributed to increases in diagnostic rates (Enriquez and Gullans N.p.). Obesity is having a significant impact on people’s lives. Some see obesity as a curse and others see it as a blessing. For example, three hundred years ago, almost anyone with a severe nut allergy lived hence terming obesity as a curse.
Conclusion
Obesity can originate in different ways, including eating habits, lifestyle, stress, and genetics, all of which are related to the energy imbalance between calorie intake and outflow. The principle for classifying an individual nutritional status is by basing on the calculated value of body mass index (BMI). Obese people are susceptible to many health problems than their weighted counterparts on average.

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