America's Fat Future

America's Fat Future

Imagine America in the next thirty-five years from now. There could be so many advancements such as holograms, flying cars, hopefully even cures for deadly such as HIV & AIDS and cancer. An epidemic that may not be curable is obesity. According to an obesity research study performed at John Hopkins, states that a hundred of American adults could be overweight or obese by the year 2048. Visualize four hundred million overweight people wandering the streets or rather, crunching potato chips and drinking soda in front of their television sets. This epidemic will spike the amount of money spent on healthcare for obesity in America. Healthcare costs already on the rise as America ages, obesity will present one of the future's most extreme economic challenges. The obesity research showed that by year 2048 we would spend one trillion dollars. Think of how much money everyone could save if everyone kept their weight in check. In the United states, African-American Women have the highest rates of being overweight or obese. Being a African American women these reports concerned and shocked me. Many black women seem to not be be bothered that they are generally heavier than other Americans. Curvy black women are embraced positively in the African American community, they are labeled as "thick"or "Bootylicious" like the pop phenomenon Beyonce says.

Obesity in America is out of control. All this obesity research shows us how terrible our health really is. Since overweight people and obese people are more at risk for most diseases, something needs to be done. America should take cues In Japan being overweight is illegal Companies must now measure worker waistlines. More and more Japanese citizens are seeking help from obesity clinics in order not to break the new fat law.Under the new law companies have to administer check-ups to employees once a year, If employees do not meet the waistline requirement they must undergo counseling. If companies do not reduce the number of overweight employees by 25 percent by 2015, they could be required to pay more money into a health care program for the elderly. Japan has some of the world's lowest rates of obesity, less than 5 percent, compared to 35 percent for the United States.

To prevent the obesity epidemic, We must address the balance between the amount of calories that we eat and the amount we burn off daily through