Effects Of Obesity On The United States There Are Many...

Cause/Effect Paper Draft In the United States there are many excuses for the obesity. Many of these reasons include being tired from a long day at work, having lots of house work to do, the kids have one or more activities they may need help with, or there are 101 errands to run on top of the other to do list that already needs completed. Where these are all legitimate reasons for not exercising at that moment or may be a reason for needing to grab a quick meal, they aren’t necessarily excuses for being obese. Some people may have problems that do allow them to have a justifiable reason on why they are overweight, for example some medical problems don’t allow all people to lose weight, and in some way it is probably not healthy for†¦show more content†¦The availability of these restaurants and the willingness to consume food from them is allowing our bodies to ingest one major ingredient that is poorly absorbed in our bodies, and that is trans fats. Trans fats, properly known as trans fatty acids are an unsaturated fatty acid found in some vegetable oils (Merrium-Webster, 2015). These trans fatty acids are found in fast food, biscuits, cakes, frozen pizza, and microwave popcorn among many other commonly consumed foods. Fast food restaurants use these trans fatty acids with other oils to deep fry food that allows food to â€Å"taste good† or be more desirable. These trans fats are thought to generate a higher amount of stomach and abdominal fat and are also known to raise LDL cholesterol and cause additional health problems (Astrup, Dyerberg, Selleck, Stender, 2008). Another leading cause of poor nutrition in the United States is portion size. Portion sizes vary all over the world and even from our homes to the restaurant. The bigger the portion size the more people feel like they have to eat. This feeling causes them to eat more than they need to be fulfilled and more calories consumed than needed for the body to run. Generally if people don’t eat all of their food they feel like they are being wasteful and they continue to eat even after they are full (Astrup, Dyerberg, Selleck, Stender, 2008). One major problem with this is the amount of food being consumed. People have to be able to know