Sociology About Obesity Problem

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Sociology
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SOCIOLOGY
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Description of the social problem..............................................................................................3
How does it constitute a social problem for society?.................................................................4
Widespread of the social issue...................................................................................................5
Social causes of the problem......................................................................................................6
Solutions to the problem............................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

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SOCIOLOGY
Description of the social problem
The major social issue or problem that has been identified here is the obesity problem,
which is a prevalent problem as experienced within the society in United States nowadays.
The obesity among people has become a common social problem nowadays and according to
recent Health survey, 22 to 31 percent of people, especially, individuals aged between 6 to 15
years are overweight while 10 to 17 percent were obese. The older individuals have also
suffered from this problems largely and it has also been related to societal problems along
with emphasis o diet and changes in lifestyle behaviours too (Marseglia et al., 2015). It is not
unknown to many that obesity has been a major social problem considering the fact that it has
created some psychological impacts as well including the occurrence of discrimination within
the society, lower wages structure, low quality life and also depression of being ignored
within the society as a whole. The obesity has also resulted in severe health related risks such
as the heart related problems, gastrointestinal disease and others (Sahoo et al., 2015).
Based on various surveys conducted, the rate of obesity is quite high in United States
and it has increased from the last six years, thereby, caused consistent increase in nutrition
related chronic disease mortality as well as morbidity. This has also created significant
burden to the families, community and also to the entire health and social care system. In
United States, the rate of obesity has increased considerably from 15 to 30 percent among the
adults, which has all been related to several chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension,
health related issues, arthritis, etc (Xu & Xue 2016). that cost a huge amount of money for the
health care system in United States as well. According to Djalalinia et al. (2015), obesity has
been considered and viewed as an issue of personal health, responsibility, choices made and
also environmental influences that have become a major part of the public disclosure and
contributed to a major social problem within the society at large (Słotwińska & Słotwiński,
2015).