Analysis of Weight and Obesity

Analysis of Weight and Obesity

Introduction

Weight is a body’s relative mass or the amount of matter contained by it and causes a downward force, gravitational force. At the same time, obesity is a disorder involving the accumulation of excess fats that increases the risk of health problems. Obesity is caused by various factors that provide the conditions necessary for its evolution. Obesity at first in the early years; the mid15^th century, it was not considered as a disorder. It was associated with wealth and power. To be plump was more comfortable and gave a sense of security. Through the centuries, body ideals got a different approach as now people started focusing on health as they looked for answers from medical practitioners. Over time until the 20^th century, people checked on their diet, cutting on the sugar supply, beer, meat consumption, and emphasized self-discipline. In the early 20^th century, some chronic diseases emerged. Diseases such as cancer, heart disease, strokes, and other forms of chronic diseases. In my argument, I can say that the cause of obesity is the impact of the economy on the population. By means linear progression, research was done on a Spanish island, Canary Island that bases on the relationship obesity have with the economy, education, age and gender (Hernández-Yumar, Alessón & López-Valcárcel,2019). It was to have several facts from the study that will boost my argument. First, in the study, it showed the trends in the biomass index of a person that was measured by taking the self-refuted weight divided by self-refuted height. If the Biomass of a person exceeds 25 or equal to it, he or she is said to be overweight, but when it surpasses 30, he or she is said to be obese. The data on Canary island shows the trend of Biomass in the population of the Island. The total percentage of people in obese people increased from 2004 to 2009. The introductory of economic crisis in Spain was treacherous to the biomass index of the population. As though the Island has had different trends in obesity with the parent country. As Spain experienced an increase in the number of biomass index, the Island faced a decrease until the entry of the crisis that was felt in the islands (Abiola & Mello, 2019).). It brought about unemployment, and most people lost their jobs as the country’s GDP also came down. This, therefore, affected the living standards of the people as they now were forced to change their diet according to one’s ability. Many people depended on energy-containing foods and thus boosted the BMI (body mass index) of the population..

Unhealthy behavior on people is also another factor that increases the BMI of a population. As per the study, the low educated people were the most affected as they did not have the information to be able to make the self-aware. They did not know the risks involved with obesity and, therefore, were hit by it. According to the study, it was that there was an increase in the BMI of a population with an increase in the number of the low educated population in Canary island. It was also noticed that BMI reduced with the increase in educational level, and women were keen on their higher education. It was seen that there BMI was lower than that of men in the same category, higher education.

Area of residence can also be another factor that causes obesity. The study covered different Island; Tenerife, Island of reference, and people from Canary island were seen to have a higher BMI than people from La Gomora who have a lower BMI than the rest. This can also be supported by another study conducted in India that found out that people from rural areas are more prone to obesity than those from the urban centers ( Luhar grill et al., 2020). Particularly men from El Hierra and Canaria had a higher BMI of about 0.50 to 0.41 BMI Units more separately. Women have a higher BMI in La Palma Gran Canari than in Tenerife (0.39 and 0.51 BMI). Those of La Gomei report a lower BMI (about 0.5 BMI Units) than the Island of reference.

In conclusion, obesity is brought about by many factors, and different studies conducted to boost the theories behind the cause of it correctly. Factors such as diet, the presence of junk foods and malnutrition, age in that it also appears in early childhood years even among many other factors that make it a global study. These studies in obesity and weight help scientists to come with a long term solution to help tackle it and reduce the number one promoter of chronic illness such as cancer, stroke, and others.

References

Abiola, S. E., & Mello, M. M. (2019). Multilevel legal approaches to obesity prevention: A conceptual and methodological toolkit. PloS one, 14(10).

Hernández-Yumar, A., Alessón, I. A., & López-Valcárcel, B. G. (2019). Economic crisis and obesity in the Canary Islands: an exploratory study through the relationship between body mass index and educational level. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1-9.

Luhar, S., Timæus, I. M., Jones, R., Cunningham, S., Patel, S. A., Kinra, S., … & Houben, R. (2020). Forecasting the prevalence of overweight and obesity in India to 2040. PloS one, 15(2), e0229438.