“ Australia is the fifth most overweight country in the world ”
Shockingly , the prevalence of obesity in Australia has almost doubled over the past 20 years . Chloe Wang will investigate the dramatic power of obesity and unhealthy life choices in this article .
Most of you are probably sitting at home , lounging on the sofa , eating a pack of chips and watching TV after school . Little do you know that habits like these can lead to something much bigger than you would have thought . Habits such as not exercising your body enough can lead to you being overweight . Do you want to have a short life expectancy ? Do we want to be the labelled as the generation where we are fat and lazy ? On the other hand , do we want to live healthy and active ? We must question ourselves about our life choices and actions in order for us to live healthily .
Obesity is where we consume too much fat in our body and we can ’ t burn it off . This leaves us having more body mass index than needed or technically , overweight . Our body mass index is used to monitor body weight to see if we are going over overweight . The simplest of things including : eating too much fat , sugars and carbohydrates and not exercising enough , can cause obesity .
Obesity is the third highest contributor to burden of disease ( death ) and is only beaten by smoking and high blood pressure . Also , based on present information and trends of obesity , we can predict that by the time us children reach the age of 20 , we will have a shorter life expectancy than earlier generations .
Obesity is leading our young generation to death and our population will greatly decrease . Obesity can also lead to type 2 diabetes , cardiovascular disease , and higher chances of heart attack . Most of the time , the fat clots up in the arteries over time and we don ’ t know , therefore leading to heart attack . Usually only 3 % of victims of heart attack , survive . Obesity is found in 3 out of 5 adults in Australia , which is more than 12 million people ! Moreover , 1 in 4 children are overweight or obese . The deadliness of obesity cannot be understated !
“ Obesity is found in 3 out of 5 adults in Australia
As well as this , obesity has led to many disadvantages when growing up in life . When we are overweight or obese , we tend to fall to sleep disorders , moodiness , sore joints , discrimination and affect our productivity . Overweight or obese people can do the same job as well as any other normal weight person can , but due to their obesity , they tire out quicker , and