Obesity Impacts Everyone
Health Behaviors
All of the listed items can impact your weight below you will find information from the CDC on how these behaviors can change your health status.
- physical activity.
- Unhealthy eating patterns such as:
- Too many highly processed foods or added sugars, including too many sugar-sweetened beverages.
- Too little fiber and fruits and vegetables.
- Too many highly processed foods or added sugars, including too many sugar-sweetened beverages.
- Not enough sleep or poor quality sleep.
- Unlimited Screen time
(Risk Factors for Obesity, 2024)
What is the cost of Obesity
Adults with obesity spend around 100% more for health care approximately $2505 dollars annually,
These costs vary from the class designations of obesity, for example Class 1 obesity costs 68.4 % more vs. Class 3 at 233.6%.
In 2016, the combined data for medical cost due to obesity among adults in the United States was $260.6 billion.
(Cawley et al., 2021)
How obesity impacts your health
Obesity has a multifaceted impact. Meaning it is the root cause of multiple illnesses. Here are some examples of what obesity can cause and the importance of a healthy body weight.
- Osteoarthritis
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Liver Disease
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Diseases
-
Hypertension
(Obesity: Health Consequences of Being Overweight, n.d.)
Community Impact
While many may think that obesity is an individual problem. The community impact is demonstrated in many ways. From economic burden, social impacts such as depression and anxiety and our countries security with the often-unmentioned concern of military readiness Just over 1 in 3 young
adults aged 17-24 is too heavy to serve in our military
(Childhood Obesity Is a Complex Health Issue., 2022)
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