One may confuse or understand that obesity is, variously, defined in terms of absolute weight, distribution of subcutaneous fat, or societal and esthetic norms. Basically, obesity can be characterized as ¡§Excessive body fat¡ (Webster). And used as a term applied to individuals with a remarkably high percentage of body fat.
             Furthermore, as we can see, there are many obvious ways to define obesity. Although, it seems as if, the obvious facts and health risks are being misunderstood!
             Additionally, no single cause can explain all cases of obesity. Ultimately, it could result from our societal norms. There are also ways to calculate measures of weight by proportion to height that include relative weight, body mass index called BMI (measurement of overweight and obesity that is calculated using height and weight) (Powers 39). While researching obesity, the FDA Consumer found that most parents do not even think about their children to be overweight or obese. This conclusion was drawn from a study of over 1,400 parents of children who were participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in New York State. The examiners established that ¡§68 percent of parents of children with a Body Mass Index above the 95th percentile, which considered to be obese, reported their child¡s weight to be 'OK, just right¡ and another 8 percent said that their child may even be ¡§Underweight¡ (4).
             Meanwhile, during the FDA Consumer article, the examiners found that ¡§The prevalence of child hood obesity was more than twice as high as the national rate in the 1970s¡ and ¡§Increasing rates of child obesity have been noted before, but these rates are even higher now¡ reported from the lead researcher, Barbara A. Dennison.(¡§FDA¡ 4)
             Therefore, Americans, in general, may not see obesity for what it really is. ¡§Obesity,¡ according to the World Wide We
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