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    Obesity Epidemic - One'S Health And Life Expectancy

    The obesity epidemic has been alarming most of the US population and has caught the recognition of the international media especially those based on other developing countries like the US. With the fear of a 'spreading' epidemic, health experts and government officials track the underlying causes of the disease with hopes of suppressing its occurrence by rousing public health knowledge and avoidance-education. Yet while the known causes of the obesity epidemic - the lack of physical activity and rapid food consuming habits - continue to be the focus of studies, the presence of these chances in an individual are but mere glimpses of the entire reasons that add to the acquisition of the disease.

    Aside from alleviated physical activity and frequent rapid food dinning, the International Journal of Obesity stated other possible causes that determine a person's susceptibility of being incorporated in the long line of obesity epidemic:
    sleep deprivation increasing weight gain
    medication use (contraceptives, steroid hormones, diabetes drugs, diet pills, some antidepressants, and blood pressure drugs)
    pollutants affecting hormones
    freezing air conditioning producing less perspiration
    middle-aged and those of Hispanic-American ethnicity have more pronness for obesity
    older women giving birth to children who would have higher dangers for obesity
    the high fertility of obese people may (if genetic) produce more offspring who are also prone to the disease
    the union of obese parents may (if genetic) produce offspring who are also prone to the disease
    increases in childhood depression
    less intake of dairy products, and even
    GMO hormones used in agriculture

    - are just among the reasons that are attributed to the obesity epidemic. Yet while some of these reasons are beyond individual control, the others imply a personal responsibility of taking protective measures when it comes to one's health.

    The easiest procedure of caring for one's well being is the exact reverse of weight gain - weight loss, and this could be attained via the regular health habits of physical exercise and immunity-boosting diet. Unfortunately, the disturbing call of the Journal of the American Medical Association revealing that obesity in fact lessens life expectancy especially among the youth, does very little to encourage action among individuals.

    To remove the obesity epidemic, each and every concerned citizen could add to a better health of the public by: periodically monitoring your weight condition, matching (the quantity of) your diet with your body's needs (according to height and activity), right (quality) eating, engaging in metabolic activities, and by getting a weight specialist to support your health - Before anything else gets any more critical.

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