Nursing : Assignment Sample (PDF)

Running head: NURSING 1
Nursing
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NURSING 2
Introduction:
Obesity is a chronic illness that can affect various systems in the body. For instance,
overweight people are at a higher risk of developing life-intimidating conditions like type 2
diabetes, heart related diseases and born and joint disease to mention a few. In the United State,
obesity has reached epidemic extents as declared by the Surgeon General of the U.S (Ogden et
al., 2016). Approximately, 55 % of children between ages of 6 and 19 are
obese, whereas, 35% of women plus 31% is gravely considered overweight
(Balog, 2015). This paper discuss the causes of obesity, obesity impacts on
health and ways of preventing obesity.
Causes of obesity
Obesity causes are complex, and there are various interrelated factors
like for instance lifestyle, genetics and how energy is utilized in the body.
Studies have shown that genetics is one of the common factors influencing
obesity since one may inherit. Nevertheless, the chance of being obese in
America have risen by 25% because of excessive consumption of fast foods
whose results is gain of additional overweight. Lifestyle is another cause
whereby people are leading sedentary lifestyle combined with overeating.
Additionally, metabolic factors also play a role in weight gain determination
in association with hormones (Ogden, et al., 2016).
Health effects of obesity
On health, obesity has a far-ranging adverse effect. And that it costs
over 150 billion dollars and results to 300000 premature deaths in the United