Obese Analysis - Introduction - Topic -

¶ … obese analysis - Introduction - topic - Conclusion Obesity is a major problem throughout the world today. This issue is particularly pressing in the United States, in which instances of childhood obesity and the rate of obesity for historic minority groups regularly exceeds that of the rest of the population. A questionnaire was conducted that sheds some insight into some of the reasons behind obesity, as well as highlights some of the factors relevant to its rate of incidence.

Many of the results from the questionnaire were surprising, others were less so. The questionnaire itself was fairly simple, with five questions that pertained exclusively to body image, dietary habits, and exercise habits. Perhaps the most revealing aspect of this questionnaire is the fact that when one exclusively analyzes its results, obesity does not appear to be as prominent of an issue as it is purported as in the mainstream media.

According to the questionnaire, there are far more people that consider themselves at a normal weight and underweight (both at a percentage of 42.86) than those who consider themselves overweight, which is less than 15% of those surveyed. Still, these results could indicate that there are numerous people who actually are overweight who believe that being overweight is normal -- or even those who are overweight and think that they should be even heavier still.

This sort of ambiguity is found in the results of another one of the questions, in which respondents were asked if they wanted to get in better physical shape. Little more than half of those interviewed (57.14%) said that they did -- which means there are nearly just as many people who do not want to improve their physical conditions. Again, these results might indicate a general form of apathy on the part of those who are in this survey.

However, these results could also be interpreted by the more likely opinion that there are only slightly more overweight or obese people than there are those that are not. One of the more ambiguous aspects of this particular questionnaire is the reason listed for why people do want to get in shape.

There is only one reason for why they want to get in shape, which explicitly states, "I do more sports every day." One would think that people would list more than one reason for desiring to get in shape. Furthermore, it seems that if people were involved with more than one sporting activity on a daily basis, they would get in better shape anyway. Still, in some way it does make sense that one would want to lose weight to participate in more sports, especially if one were a jock.

Another very interesting point about this survey is that the majority of those interviewed (approximately 72%) state that they exercise anywhere from one to two times a week. Again, it is ambiguous as to how many times a week the remaining percentage of people exercise -- whether.