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Obesity: An American Epidemic

"Hello, Sir Welcome to Wendy's what can I get for you today? Yes I would like a Triple Cheese Burger with large fries and a large Dr. Pepper, Oh yeah and could I have that Biggie Sized." This is something that is heard all over the United States, everybody wants to have the biggest thing they can get. From our cars to our houses Americans want the biggest there is. Yup everything is getting bigger including Americans. There is no hiding it America is get bigger and I don't mean land mass. It seems to be a mass of another kind. Fat. Americans are today weighing in heavier that ever before. Some say that it is the fast food industry to blame, but whose choice is it to eat the food from McDonalds, KFC, Wendy's? Its Americas choice to eat the food and eating it isn't that bad if it is regulated and not eaten everyday. America is trying to play the blame game and blame the fact that they are bigger that ever today on someone else but themselves. America has become out of shape and overweight because of bad choices and very little self discipline. Obesity is the word that everyone uses to describe the condition plaguing America. But what is it really mean, what does it mean to be obese, and what qualifies you as obese? Well follow me over the rolling mounds of fat and thought the cellulite swamps and we'll find out.
We here this word a lot in today's world, obesity this, obesity that, the big fat man hit me with a baseball bat, but what is obesity? Obesity is defined as a body mass index or BMI, greater than 30kg/m2 while overweight is defined as 25-30kg/m2 (AOA Fact Sheets). This means that if you weight more than 66 pounds over the recommended weight for you body type and height you are considered obese. Most people first response is "Wow that sounds like it's pretty hard to be 66 pounds over the recommended weight" but actually many Americans are obese. This means that over 60 million are obese and a little over 9 million are...