Summary:
The
World Health Organization is encouraging counties around the world to help stop
the rising obesity rates. They say that the main reason countries are becoming too
over weight is the easy access and advertisement of fast food. The WHO also
found that places with higher income people tend to spend more money on fast
food. The WHO believes that if governments have more control and regulation of
the fast food industry that they could prevent or reverse the growing obesity
problem around the world. Obesity leads to conditions that result in long term
health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Rather than
investing in programs to help the currently obese, the WHO says it is better to
invest in prevention because it is a lot harder lose weight once it is already
on you.
Analysis:
The WHO
is very determined to help stop noncummunicable diseases such as cancer and
heart disease and obesity is a big part of that. Obesity is an extremely hard
thing to fix once an individual has gained weight. WHO realizes that it is much
smarter to prevent obesity. In order to prevent obesity, the WHO wants to put
regulations on fast food restaurants. The number of people getting fast food has
increased where deregulation and globalization have occurred. Large amounts of
weight gain were seen in Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. Countries
like Italy, Netherlands, Greece and Belgium having fewer transactions due to
tighter regulations and therefore have lower obesity rates. Being overweight by
school age can lead to obesity in the teenage years and possibly even adulthood.
Because of this parents need to be more proactive in teaching children about
healthy choices and preventing obesity early in before it becomes a health
concern.
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