Saidah Mckissick Ms.Caruso ENGL 1102 26.03.

2013

Have you ever wondered why why people, not only in the United States, are so overweight? Now, has it ever occurred to you that their socioeconomic status plays a part in it. Now, what if I said that the amount of money they have is the only reason why their waistlines are expanding year by year. For those out there that think that overweight people are a first world problem you are wrong and will continue to be wrong. Being overweight is more of a problem in more developed countries, but in less developed countries some people are considerably overweight. Think about the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il and his son Kim Jong-Un. Their country is full of underweight and poor citizens but these men are definitely on the heftier side. The Kims have a lot of wealth so they should be smaller since they have access to more healthy foods and better healthcare. Right? Not really. We all know that more wealth leads to excess. But does more wealth lead to more excess? In my opinion and research not so much in certain cases. In the U.S., the Center for Disease Control (CDC), did research that showed that men with higher incomes tend to be more overweight than men with less income. Inversely, higher income women are less likely to be obese than low income women, but most obese women are not low income. There is significant trend between obesity and education among men. Among women, however, there is a trend, those with college degrees are less likely to be obese compared with less educated women. Let's think globally again. In China, more and more children are becoming overweight

because parents are spoiling their children since there is a one-child policy in place. So, the parents spend their wealth on their children no matter what their socioeconomic status is, but it is a bit more prevalent among wealthier Chinese. We all should know about India and their caste system. It's obvious who the more overweight people are India. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), globally, there are more than one billion overweight adults, at least three-hundred million of them clinically obese. So what is this telling us? We can not make people forcibly change their habits.We all have the will power to change our habits in order to be healthier, but do we really want to? It's our money and we can spend it however we'd like and on whatever we'd like? Right?

I think that this is a very solid first draft.

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