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Overview
 In America poor eating habits cause most of our population's deaths. Poor eating habits include anorexia, bulimia, and obesity. Poor eating habits can lead to many diseases such as diabetes. [|Anorexia]  is a problem where people do not eat. [|Bulimia] is when someone is so obsessed with the way they look and they overeat and they start to feel depressed, causing themselves to make them vomit. In America 1 in 3 adults are considered obese. Obesity can come from poor eating habits, lack of exercise, medical conditions, or heredity. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in America. Diabetes is a disease that affects lots of people around the world. Diabetes can kill people and be a pain to live with once you get it. Because once you get you can’t get rid of it.

Eating Disorders
One million boys and ten million girls suffer from eating disorders every year. People usually get eating disorders when they are adolescents, but some young adults get them, too (Arbetter). The two main kinds of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. These eating disorders can cause a person to have depression, mood swings, and damage to the stomach, heart, and kidneys (Faiad). Eating disorders are a mixture of physical and emotional symptoms that occur when people do or don’t eat compulsively for reasons that aren’t from hunger or nutrition. Studies have shown that people can get eating disorders genetically, from the pressure to look a certain way, and from the media. Eating disorders are very dangerous because they can hurt someone not only physically, but mentally, too.

Diabetes
Diabetes affects people all around the world.Not being able to produce insulin is what causes the body to develop diabetes (Diabetes mellitus). This gland has a hormone insulin that it secretes("Insulin."). Diabetes can cause blood loss and other effects such as vision loss, and pain in certain parts of the body. Signs and symptoms that are easily noticeable (Diabetes mellitus). Some are frequent peeing fatigue, and thirst.

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Obesity is a growing problem in the entire world. The definition of obesity is a medical condition when a person weighs 20% or more over the weight they should be at ideally. Obesity can affect everyone. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. There are three levels of obesity mild, moderate, and severe. Mild obesity is 20% overweight to 40% overweight. Moderate obesity is 40% overweight to 100% overweight. Anything over 100% is severe obesity (Obesity par 3). The higher of a percentage overweight a person is the more at risk they are for disease, injury, or death. Obesity has a special name for people who research and study its ins and outs. This career is called [|bariatrics]  (Bariatrics).

Eating Healthy
To avoid the chance of getting an eating disorder, having diabetes, and being obese, people should eat healthier. People should have a balanced, healthy diet, and they should eat three meals a day. Minimizing the intake of sweets will help people have a healthy diet. People should eat the right amounts of fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy everyday to maintain a healthy diet.

Exercise
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In addition to eating healthy, daily exercise can help minimize the risk of getting an eating disorder, being diagnosed with diabetes, and being obese. People should exercise at least thirty minutes every day (Feature). The body burns energy to do its daily activities. The energy the body uses comes from calories. Calories are stored in food and are taken into your body when you eat that food. Calories are the real bad guy in weight gain. Your body is like a business. When people buy things from you, you make money this is like calories. To run your business you need to spend money as well. This is like when you burn energy or calories. If your body takes in more calories than it burns up you store the extra calories as fat cells. Your business makes money so you keep it. Keep in mind money is not a good thing in this analogy. When your body stores extra <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">energy you begin to gain weight. This is why a simple way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you take in (Obesity par 6). Exercise is effective for people suffering from the problems mentioned above.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">See a Nutritionist
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A nutritionist, also known as a dietician, is someone who studies or is an expert in nutrition. Nutritionist evaluate the diets of individuals and then suggest ways to fight various health problems, such as eating disorders, obesity, and diabetes, by changing an individual’s diet (Career Nutritionist). Nutrition is the science of how the human body obtains and uses nutrients from food for maintenance, growth, and restoration of body tissues necessary for life (Career Choices). Nutritionists are helpful for all of the issues mentioned above.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">References
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Arbetter, Sandra R. "Eating disorders: emotional foods fights." Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication Mar. 1989: 4+. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2012.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Bariatrics." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 27 Mar. 2012.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Career Choices: Nutritionist." Nutritionist. Web. 10 May 2012. < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__http://publichealth.curtin.edu.au/student/careers_nutritionist.cfm>.__

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chart. Digital image. Web. 15 May 2012. <http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsOverweightChildren/>. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Diabetes mellitus." U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science. U*X*L, 2007. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 19 Mar. 2012.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Eating chart. Digital image. Web. 15 May 2012. <http://www.ifood.tv/blog/us-is-getting-fatter-and-unhealthier>.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Faiad, Andrea. "Dying to be thin: eating disorders are ugly. Here's why." Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication Nov. 2006: 20+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 27 Mar. 2012.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Feature, Heather HatfieldWebMD. "Your Exercise Routine: How Much Is Enough?" WebMD. WebMD. Web. 10 May 2012. <http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/guide/your-exercise-routine-how-much-is-enough>.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Insulin." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 19 Mar. 2012.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Obesity." Sick! Gale, 2007. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 19 Mar. 2012.

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