Nutrition and Obesity

Paper Summary:

The paper maintains that reversing obesity is a long-term process of dietary changes emphasizing lower-fat foods, replacing sugars and other simple carbohydrates with complex carbohydrates and reducing sodium intake. The paper argues that the weight loss associated with short-term diets is almost always temporary and is followed by relapses into old eating habits that result in recurrent obesity.

Outline:
Introduction
Thesis Statement
Reversing Obesity Through Healthful Dietary Changes
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, obesity is a serious problem in the United States with as many as 66 percent of adults meeting the criteria of clinical obesity (USDHHS 2007). Even more troubling is the fact that approximately 20 percent of children under 18 are also overweight with reliable data indicating that overweight children are likely to remain overweight and much more prone
to obesity as adults than children who are not overweight (Kotz 2007).
"Obesity is a known risk factor in many chronic major health problems including heart disease, high blood pressure, adult-onset diabetes, as well as arthritis and even some forms of cancer. It reduces the quality of life and life span and costs the American health care system billions of dollars every year in the costs associated with treating the wide range of medical problems associated with clinical obesity and chronic overweight."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Baldauf, S. (2008) Too Fat? No More Excuses: Research Is Revealing How Very Damaging Extra Baggage Is. U.S. News & World Report. Jan 14/08 (pp. 57-61)
• Consumers Union (2004) Cut the Fat; Consumer Reports. Jan/04 (pp. 12-16)
• Consumers Union (2007) Rating the Diets; Consumer Reports. Jun/07 (pp. 12-17)
• Gibbs, N, (2007) One Day in America; Time Magazine. Nov. 26 /07 (pp. 60-61)
• Kotz, D. (2007) Kids and Weight: How To Win the Weight Battle; U.S. News & World Report. Sep 10/07 (pp. 60-69)

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