THIS BLOG PAGE IS INTENDED FOR THE GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS OF SOUTHERN CROSS CAMPUS SENIOR SCHOOL YEARS 11-13.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Level 1 Social Issue - Obesity
Obesity is a growing social issue in New Zealand and can be considered a long term disease. The question for this blog is WHY are there so many Obese Pacific People in New Zealand? Share your thoughts in 1-2 paragraphs.
In Geography we are learnig about the effecys of Obesity to the Mangere society. This is because we are a town which suffers from obesity majorly. My opinion on how i think about this subject is that i don't think people around here think they aren't obese is because it is a normal occurance that is present around us. This is a effect which people themselves don't realise...
One way to conquere the growing numbers of obesity is to lower the prices of healthy food in school. In southern cross campus the tuck shop sell all the healthy food like sanwiches for over for dollars. $$$$$ This is a problem which increases the obesity amount.
Obesity is disorder of the body being way too big for the size of the persons height, age, figure, etc.
Personally, I think that obesity is seen often in Pacific Islanders due to the fact that most Islanders are accustomed to their way of eating which is basically eating everything on the table. Also, the food that is being served are often fatty, unhealthy and are full of "no good" artificial flavorings and other despicable nutrients which are not acceptable for the body.
In addition to this, many Pacific Islanders don’t really care about what they eat just as long as they are well fed and the food is tasty. Consequently, people’s stomachs and bodies broaden so new sized clothes are needed thus money is being reduced from the pockets of Pacific Islanders. I think there are many obese people in the Pacific Island community because of the load of food we eat. Weddings, funerals and even birthday parties are when most Islanders really show their true colors and go wild on the food.
So, overall I think that fatty food and too much food is the cause of obesity because not much Islanders want too eat vegetables. ( I mean, who would besides vegetarians?)
Obesity is a worldwide problem, not just a problem among pacific islanders. I think most pacific islanders suffer from obesity because they are lazy and become addicted to the fatty foods available from the shops. They would rather drive to the shops and spend their hard earned money on LOAAAADS of junk food and probably one or two bags of vegetables and fruits.
In my opinion, there are alot of Obese Pacific People in New Zealand because the prices of healthy food are way too high! If we lower the price of the healthy food so it is cheaper than the fatty stuff the number of obese people could go down.
A lot of Pacific Islanders come from overseas and they are influenced by a lot of things. When people come from overseas they are influenced by the food which people eat within NZ. People from come from overseas come with a different lifestyle but as they live longer within NZ, they adapt a new lifestyle which they are not use to. People from overseas then do whatever they want without knowing that there are consequences which follow. This is why people from overseas become obesed when they adapt a new way of living and the food which they eat are not good for them and there bodies react to these food differently.
This leads to no control of what they are doing. When people who have lived here for a long time eat, they always balance and control the amount of food they eat. When people come from overseas they do not control what they eat. Therefore people who have lived here for a long time need to help control the well-being of these people too. This is because it will lead to addiction and it will lead to happy OBESITY.
7 comments:
Obesity is a forever growing problem around the world. In south Auckland many Pacific Islanders and Maori suffer from this disease of diabetes.
obesity is just common thing to most pacific islanders.
In Geography we are learnig about the effecys of Obesity to the Mangere society. This is because we are a town which suffers from obesity majorly. My opinion on how i think about this subject is that i don't think people around here think they aren't obese is because it is a normal occurance that is present around us. This is a effect which people themselves don't realise...
One way to conquere the growing numbers of obesity is to lower the prices of healthy food in school. In southern cross campus the tuck shop sell all the healthy food like sanwiches for over for dollars. $$$$$
This is a problem which increases the obesity amount.
Obesity is disorder of the body being way too big for the size of the persons height, age, figure, etc.
Personally, I think that obesity is seen often in Pacific Islanders due to the fact that most Islanders are accustomed to their way of eating which is basically eating everything on the table. Also, the food that is being served are often fatty, unhealthy and are full of "no good" artificial flavorings and other despicable nutrients which are not acceptable for the body.
In addition to this, many Pacific Islanders don’t really care about what they eat just as long as they are well fed and the food is tasty. Consequently, people’s stomachs and bodies broaden so new sized clothes are needed thus money is being reduced from the pockets of Pacific Islanders. I think there are many obese people in the Pacific Island community because of the load of food we eat. Weddings, funerals and even birthday parties are when most Islanders really show their true colors and go wild on the food.
So, overall I think that fatty food and too much food is the cause of obesity because not much Islanders want too eat vegetables. ( I mean, who would besides vegetarians?)
Obesity is a worldwide problem, not just a problem among pacific islanders. I think most pacific islanders suffer from obesity because they are lazy and become addicted to the fatty foods available from the shops. They would rather drive to the shops and spend their hard earned money on LOAAAADS of junk food and probably one or two bags of vegetables and fruits.
In my opinion, there are alot of Obese Pacific People in New Zealand because the prices of healthy food are way too high! If we lower the price of the healthy food so it is cheaper than the fatty stuff the number of obese people could go down.
obesity-it is some thing that happens to poeple often when they eat junk food or fastfoods which contains fat and low diet
A lot of Pacific Islanders come from overseas and they are influenced by a lot of things. When people come from overseas they are influenced by the food which people eat within NZ. People from come from overseas come with a different lifestyle but as they live longer within NZ, they adapt a new lifestyle which they are not use to. People from overseas then do whatever they want without knowing that there are consequences which follow. This is why people from overseas become obesed when they adapt a new way of living and the food which they eat are not good for them and there bodies react to these food differently.
This leads to no control of what they are doing. When people who have lived here for a long time eat, they always balance and control the amount of food they eat. When people come from overseas they do not control what they eat. Therefore people who have lived here for a long time need to help control the well-being of these people too. This is because it will lead to addiction and it will lead to happy OBESITY.
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