Since heart disease continues to be the major cause of mortality in America, there is need to be concerned with cardiac health. Research shows that heart disease is highly allied with diet and physical activity. For these reasons, emphasis is being placed on ensuring that individuals are watching their diets and maintaining an active lifestyle. Personally, I was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse about a year ago. I have always maintained an active lifestyle and keenly paid attention to my diet. Sometimes we cannot avoid heart disease due to the genes passed down to us, however, there are things we can do to prevent heart disease and that is what we as a nation should focus on. Obesity is on the rise in America and continues to alarm health workers and our leaders in general.
There is a great need of reducing the obesity trend in our nation. According to Healthy People 2010, overweight and obesity affect an immense proportion of the U.S. population—55 percent of adults. Between 1976 and 1994, obesity increased by 50 percent from 14.5 percent of the adult population to 22.5 percent. Approximately 25 percent of women are overweight compared to 20 percent of men. The high increase of obesity calls for urgent awareness and deserves meticulous emphasis and consideration. Health care providers, health programs, and care organizations need to be attentive to the development of obesity and overweight in their clients and must provide facts relating to the associated risks of obesity. Fortunately, obesity is a condition that is treatable. Healthy food choices and an active lifestyle are the main cures for obesity. Health educators need to monitor the diet and activity levels of their clients. Patterns of healthy eating and exercise need to begin early in life and maintained through adulthood. Education on healthy diet patterns and an active life must begin in schools and accentuated in the work place. Frequently, people make the wrong diet choices when away from home; it is therefore important to address the impact of away-from-home eating and weight management. The objective to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults and children should be a vital subject matter of every health educator.
Health concerns among women.
Juana Lotfipour: Juana's health concern is hypertension. Juana states that she has noticed as one gets older, the chances of hypertension increases.
Florence Agola: Florence states that she is concerned with the continued increase in breast cancer and heart disease.
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I could not agree with you more on the topic of obesity. It is a major issue for men, women and children all over the world. A lot of this has to do with people’s lifestyles. Everything these days seem so fast pace. Everyone needs to be in three different places at one time. We all are on the go all the time.
I am probably one of the worlds worst when it comes to this. After a long day of school and work the last thing that I want to do is slave over the stove for an hour. It is so much easier to just go to a fast food restaurant and grab a bite where you do not have to do any dishes or spend anytime preparing the food.
It is however nice to see that some of the fast food establishments have started to offer healthier options. Fruit cups instead of fries, salads instead of juicy burgers. This does not necessarily mean that people will go that route but at least the options are there.
This is all part of another issue that adds to obesity which is indolence. I can tell you from personal experience that I have more energy when I get up and move around or exercise verses sitting around and relaxing. We as a country need to wake up and do something about this issue. Obesity is slowly killing us all from the inside out.
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