obesity

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Obesity
A Power Point presentation byNoah Spicer
Phillip Suggs
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What is Obesity?

• Obesity is an excess proportion of total body
  fat. A person is considered obese when their body
  fat is more than or equal to 20.

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What Causes Obesity?
Consuming more calories than you burn leads to
being overweight and, eventually, obesity. The
body stores unused calories as fat.

• Obesity can be the result of
• Eating more food than your body will put to work
• Unbalanced diet
• Drinking too much alcohol
• Not getting enough exercise
• Health conditions such as a hyperactive thyroid
• Genetic factors connected to obesity

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Georgia is Obese!
59 of adult Georgians are overweight or obese.
9,780 Georgians die each year because they are
overweight or obese.
The estimated medical cost of obesity in Georgia
is 2.1 billion a year, or 250 per Georgian per
year.
The average hospital length of stay for
overweight or obese Georgians is 85 longer than
normal-weight individuals.
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WOW!!!
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Health Problems

• An obese person has a higher chance than a
  normal weight person of developing

High blood pressure
Arthritis
Diabetes
Depression
High cholesterol
Asthma
Sleep apnea
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Preventing obesity is simple

• Stay active
• Eat healthy
• Drink water
• Monitor your weight

• Go to the doctor regularly
• Keep junk food out of the house
• Only eat when you are actually hungry

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If you need.
Talk to your doctor ?
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THE END