Obesity in America by https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36 en-us 2019-01-18 15:30:20 UTC 2019-02-22 14:01:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png "Fast food, soda, hot dogs and other high-calorie food products like potato chips and sugary cereals are ubiquitous and cheap in the U.S. dietary landscape. Unfortunately, most are also nutritionally empty." laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322167466 I never really thought about what we can do as a community to overcome obesity. 
-"make fresh fruit and vegetable stands available at workplaces instead of vending machines carrying high-fat, empty-calories snacks."
-vending machines are everywhere and most of the time there is nothing but junk food in them.]]> 2019-01-18 15:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322167466 "Many factors influence body weight-genes, though the effect is small, and heredity is not destiny; prenataland early life influences; poor diets; too much television watching; too little physical activityand sleep; and ourfoodand physical activity environment." laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322170277 television can be a huge risk factor because of all the advertisement for unhealthy food which can influence people to eat poorly.]]> 2019-01-18 15:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322170277 General facts& statistics laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322174408 short term obesity can lead to...
-Asthma
-Sleep apnea (brief interruptions in breathing during sleep)
-Social discrimination and low self-esteem
-Risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, and high blood glucose levels

possible long term effects 
-heart disease 
- type 2 dibetes 
how do the organizations that are attempting to help children live healthier lives work?

 
]]> 2019-01-18 15:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322174408 laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322180116 -why did America start spending more money eating away from home then on groceries in 2015?
-I feel like some family's can't afford to eat healthy foods because it's cheaper to buy unhealthy snacks and meals rather than healthy ones.



]]> 2019-01-18 15:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322180116 laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322180724 “In America, the unhealthiest foods are the tastiest foods, the cheapest foods, the largest-portion foods.”
By Eliza Barclay, Julia Belluz, and Javier Zarracina  

]]> 2019-01-18 15:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322180724 some more ways laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322210982 2019-01-18 16:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322210982 breakfast = dessert laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322215879 2019-01-18 17:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/322215879 obesity page laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324356254 2019-01-25 15:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324356254 laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324359304 some influences of obesity are 
-genetics
-metabolic
-lifestyle ]]> 2019-01-25 15:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324359304 laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324377072 2019-01-25 16:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324377072 laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324381216 2019-01-25 16:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324381216 laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324437138 2019-01-25 18:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324437138 ted talk laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324437669 2019-01-25 18:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/324437669 laurengascho1 https://padlet.com/laurengascho1/zvno49f4gf36/wish/325416714 In 2030 over half of Americans could be obese. This would mean 6 million cases of diabetes, 5 million cases of heart diseases, and 400,00 cases of cancer. Which is going to cost us a lot and its going to take our generation and our kids generations life expectancy down.

40 years ago this wasn't a problem?
what changed?
-more fast food
-7.5 hours In front of a screen every day  !!!!!
^ that's a huge majority of the day

what can be done?
-foster access to fresh fruits
-promote city parks
-nutrition education
(could save us $4 billion to $10 billion in health care)

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