Over the past thirty years, obesity rates have doubled worldwide. Previously 4.8 percent of men and 7.9 percent of women were obese, but currently the rates stand at 9.8 percent of men and 13.8 percent of women.
Being that modern technology has decreased the amount of physical activity that people need to do, as well as the continual industrialization and processing of modern food, it comes as no surprise that populations would experience greater rates of obesity.
As more and more jobs become based around technology, typically the environment encourages a more sedentary and less physically demanding environment. Combined with aisles and aisles of boxed and heavily processed foods that contain all sorts of chemicals for taste and preservation, the average person is in for a tough challenge at maintaining good health and fighting obesity.
Recognition of the problem and a willingness to change habits and lifestyle, such that effective change is wrought, is the first step for an individual to succeed at fighting obesity. It seems most individuals are not willing to apply serious lifestyle changes in order to overcome personal obesity.
