Eating Habits

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Eating Habits

Introduction

“You are what you eat”

This has been ha very famous saying. Its credibility can be tested by observing the people who eat what food. The eating habits of any country play an important role in the development of its' people. There is a problem in the eating habits of the U.S. because of which obesity is growing at an alarming rate. According to the experts, it is now ranked as the second in the world's top ten reasons for shortening human life. The only thing which comes before obesity as first on the list is Smoking.

One can understand how much of a threat obesity is posing to the world, particularly the United States of America and its' next door neighbor, Canada. It's not that the Americans are faulty in their biology which forces them to grow obese, rather it is their sedentary eating habits and choice of improper diet which is having such a negative effect (Hurst, 2009).

Thesis Statement

“Comparison of the eating habits of the American people with their European counterparts, namely the French and the Italians, to observe the difference between them.”

Discussion

The American eating habits are creating a crisis situation in their home country because of the negative effect they are having on the people. Obesity is running around rampant, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say is lazing around defiantly which has created serious health concerns in the Government. Not only does obesity promote unhealthiness and susceptibility to disease like cardiac problems, Blood Pressure, Sugar, etc. but it also effects the state by creating individuals who are unable to work.

Since there is no specific problem in the genetic makeup of the American people, then there a need to evaluate their eating habits and the lifestyle to see what is causing this particular ...