Being obese, underweight or overweight can pose dangerous health situations for people. It is extremely important that we as a society combate these risks and maintain a healthy weight range.
There are many health risks involved when you have too much or too little body fat as well as too much or too little body weight. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words. This pictures puts everything into a perspective that I would have never had thought about:
Underweight:
When a person is below their normal weight range we call them underweight. When you are underweight not only is your weight below normal range you also have too little body fat. When you do not have enough body fat you cannot fight off illnesses or diseases as easily as if you could when you are at a normal body weight range. When you are underweight you also lack energy because your body is not receiving enough nutrients to help your body run at an optimal level. When you lack energy it is hard to do any kind of physical activity to make your body strong.
Overweight:
Just like being underweight, being overweight can cause health issues. Sizer and Whitney defines overweight as "a body weight above a healthy weight" (Sizer and Whitney, 2011). Approximately tow-thirds (almost 61%) of American adults are overweight or obese according to Cspinet. This is a huge epedimic in our society and we need to do our best to educate and help people to get into their healthy weight range.
Underweight:
When a person is below their normal weight range we call them underweight. When you are underweight not only is your weight below normal range you also have too little body fat. When you do not have enough body fat you cannot fight off illnesses or diseases as easily as if you could when you are at a normal body weight range. When you are underweight you also lack energy because your body is not receiving enough nutrients to help your body run at an optimal level. When you lack energy it is hard to do any kind of physical activity to make your body strong.
Overweight:
Just like being underweight, being overweight can cause health issues. Sizer and Whitney defines overweight as "a body weight above a healthy weight" (Sizer and Whitney, 2011). Approximately tow-thirds (almost 61%) of American adults are overweight or obese according to Cspinet. This is a huge epedimic in our society and we need to do our best to educate and help people to get into their healthy weight range.
This video below has a message on being underweight and being overweight:
Obesity:
Obesity is defined in our textbook as "overfatness with adverse health effects, as determined by reliable measures, and interpreted with good medical judgement" (Sizer and Whitney, 2011). When a person is obese their bodies are more susceptible to chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, etc. It is hard on your body to carry so much extra weight. Your body starts to fail, your heart cannot handle the extra weight, your legs, knees, joints, etc. Your body just starts to shut down and obesity can lead to death.
We as a society really need to take drastic measures to make sure our bodies are functioning at the appropriate weight range. We need to eat a balanced diet, we need to excercise on a daily basis and we really need to educate families on these particular things. This doesn't mean that you cannot indulge once in a while it just means finding that proper balance.
References:
cspinet.org (n.d.) Nutrition Policy: Why Good Nutrition is Important. Retrieved from:
http://www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/nutrition_policy.html
Sizer, F. & Whitney, E. (2013). Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies (13th ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.
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