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America is faced with an epidemic that seems to have not changed in years. Nearly two-thirds of the United States population is overweight. Three out of every four children are either overweight or obese. Obesity is a term used to describe body weight that is much greater than what is considered healthy. The extra weight puts added stress on all parts of the body. Obesity-related diseases are a $147 billion dollar medical burden every year. Consequently, obesity is wide spread among American teenagers; the causes are complex and include behavioral, biological, and cultural reasons.
The behavioral habit of American teenagers is the convenience of high-calorie, high-fat snacks and sugary drinks; still, without exercise to balance out the high calorie carbohydrate intake they gain weight. Teenagers take pleasure in fast food restaurants, moreover, for an expeditious meal. They will sit in the car at a drive through window at Burger King and order a combo meal, super sized, with a soda. The act of eating pizza for dinner is also a ritual with teenagers in the United States. These choices made by American teenagers even for a snack can be high in fat. The frequent habit of teenagers is to grab a bag of chips instead of an apple because chips taste better. Thus late night snacking of high in fat foods puts on excess weight when they go to bed shortly after eating them.
Equally important, medications for health problems or genetic history in the family can be responsible for obe...

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