Why are so many Americans overweight?

WHY ARE SO MANY AMERICANS GETTING SO OVERWEIGHT?!?!?!?!?! There are several opinions to the main idea why so many Americans are overweight, but I believe one reason is more responsible than the rest. I feel laziness causes a majority of obesity.Add more info. -Maddie Penney 1/11/10 10:20 AM

There are many causes of obesity. One cause that stands out a bit more than the others is a lack of willpower. A lack of willpower means to not care or be worried enough to bother with something. When people begin lacking in willpower they tend to sit around or sleep more often and be less active. When people become less active, they burn less fat than they would if they were active. So once you lack in willpower and become lazy to the point of hardly ever doing anything, all you're doing is building fat and not burning it off, in addition, a common result of increased indulgence speeds up the process of becoming overweight.

Although many people may disagree with this statement, I still my argue opinion. Another cause of obesity that I feel supports my opinion would be irresponsibility. A person who is irresponsible could also become overly lazy. When someone is irresponsible, they tend to set things aside and refuse their duties. When people refuse duties, they can lose their jobs or become disliked due to people not trusting them because they are irresponsible. So when you refuse your duties, you tend to sit around and do nothing which results in another version of process towards obesity. When someone becomes irresponsible and lazy, they do the same with their weight as they do with their duties, they just put it aside and let it go. They do nothing to keep it under control or take care of it.

So many people also feel they are worthless or the have no reason to care. This cause of obesity can be known as a low self-esteem. A low self-esteem is something that happens to someone mostly when people say something about them that puts them down and really hurts their feelings. Others feel like they can't do anything right and feel worthless and are disgusted by themselves so a result that occurs from events such as these can be obesity.

In conclusion, there are numerous causes of obesity and different reasons that the causes occur in. There are many more than I have named off here but these are a few major ones.