ESL 101
Cause and Effect Essay
Joanna
Pak
4
May 2015
Prof. Tami Barker
Fight
the Fat
Today,
the weight-loss industry is expanding rapidly and enormously. For example, diet pills, weight-loss programs,
and low-calorie foods are various ways to lose weight. Despite having all these things, obesity is increasing.
According to an article in The New York
Times (www.NYTS.com),
95% of people who have lost weight regain it and sometimes even more within a
few months or years. In other words,
losing weight is very difficult. Then
why do obese people try so hard to lose weight?
Many people think that they are just trying to have nice-looking bodies. In fact, obesity causes many negative effects
such as health problems, low self-confidence, and money loss.
One
of the important reasons obese people want to lose weight is that obesity
causes many health problems. Many obese
people have high blood sugar, and high blood sugar levels damage organs and
vessels. When the pancreas is damaged,
it does not produce enough insulin. As a
result, obese people get diabetes easily.
Besides, when too much nutritional fat (e.g., cholesterols and
triglycerides) enters the body, fat molecules in the blood are accumulated,
making blood vessels narrower and sometimes blocking them completely. This can cause blood supply to the heart to
be insufficient, leading to heart pain or a heart attack.
Also,
obesity lowers self-confidence. For
example, when obese people walk in a public area, they become self-conscious
about their looks. To tell the truth,
obese people attract people’s attention.
Even when nobody is watching them, obese people think that everyone is
watching them. Moreover, when obese
people go to narrow places, like a subway, a plane seat, or an elevator, they
may feel guilty for taking up extra space.
The second example is when they buy their clothes. When they go shopping for their clothes, they
hardly find their size or obese people look ugly. Usually, many clothing stores only sell up to
two extra large sizes, so many obese people do not want to go shopping because
they need a bigger size than what they clothing stores sell.
Lastly,
obese people spend a lot of money.
First, most obese people enjoy eating out instead of cooking at home,
but restaurant food usually has high calories and is expensive. For example, if somebody makes a steak, when
they prepare it at home, it costs around $10-20, but when they eat out at a
restaurant, they have to pay over $15-200.
Secondly, obese people spend a lot of money to eat, because obese people
eat a large amount of food. Also, they
prefer meat or greasy food over other foods.
That kind of food is much more expansive than others. Besides, they need
extra medicine costs, special-clothes costs, and special-car costs.
On
top of reasons like health problems, low self-confidence, and the costs of
being obese mentioned above, various reports are saying how important it is to
lose weight. Many obese people say that
losing weight is like a war. Experts
recommend that obese people exercise and eat smaller portions. Additionally, getting a gym membership and
getting training from a trainer, attending loss weight management programs, or
watching weight loss programs like Boot Camp and Extreme Weight Loss will help
them. However, losing weight requires
constant effort. Even though losing
weight is hard, if obese people take small steps, they will live healthier
lives.
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