HO CHI MINH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

NAME: HUYNH TAM KHUE

STUDENT’S ID: 1751049
CLASS: PRE-INTERMEDIATE
LECTURERS:

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 GLOBAL PROBLEM

In 2016
• 5th leading risk of death
• 9 billion adults are overweight
• 650 million are obese

=> 13 % of the adult population

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PERCENTAGE OF OBESE POPULATION

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 OVERVIEW
Introduction about
obesity
Causes and effects of
obesity
Solutions of obesity
Conclusion

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1. INTRODUCTION ABOUT OBESITY
Obesity is an abnormal accumulation
of body fat, usually 20% or more over
an individual's ideal body weight.
Obesity is associated with increased
risk of illness, disability, and death.
The most commonly used measure of
weight status today is the Body Mass
Index or BMI

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BMI is a more accurate measure of someone's obesity than weight because it also
incorporates the individual's height

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2. CAUSES OF OBESITY
Poor diet:
-Eating large amounts of processed or
fast food

-Drinking too many sugary drinks

-Comfort eating

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2. CAUSES OF OBESITY
Lack of physical activity
-Many people have jobs that involve
sitting at a desk for most of the day.
-They also rely on their cars, rather
than walking or cycling.
-For relaxation, many people tend to
watch TV, browse the internet or
play computer games, and rarely
take regular exercise.

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2. CAUSES OF OBESITY
Genetics
-Some people claim there's no point
trying to lose weight because "it runs
in my family" or "it's in my genes".

-In many cases, obesity is more to do

with environmental factors, such as
poor eating habits learned during
childhood

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3. EFFECTS OF OBESITY
Thepsychological
The socialphysical
main effects effects
effects of
obesity
-Fewer friends
-Anxiety
-Cardiovascular
-Lower
-Low disease
educational
self-esteem attainment
-A range
-Lower
-Body of cancers
employment
dissatisfaction
-High blood pressure

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 4. SOLUTIONS
-Exercise: Start off with simple exercises.

-A healthy diet: If possible, avoid

food with calories. Eat more raw fruits
and vegetables. Cut down meat intake,
but not completely.
-Professionals: Seek for their advice. I’m
sure professional dietitians can help you
out

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 CONCLUSION
Causes Solutions
Poor diet Exercise
Lack of physical activity A healthy diet
Genetics Professionals

Effects
Physical activity
Psychological effects
Society

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“Obesity issue is critically important to everybody because it's critically
important to the health and development of countries in the world”

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 REFERENCES
World Health Organization : “Obesity and overweight”. February 2018
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/
 THE FREE DICTIONARY: “Obesity”.
http:// medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/obesity
 NHS choices Your health, your choices: “Causes”. 15/06/2016
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/obesity/causes/
 More life: "Consequences of Obesity".
http://www.more-life.co.uk/Default.aspx?PageName=Consequences+of+Obesity
 Healthn body tips: “Causes Of Obesity And The Solutions Available”.
https://healthnbodytips.org/causes-solutions-obesity.html/

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