Obesity is a terrible thing. It’s a bigger problem in American than smoking now and contributes to the rising cost of healthcare and leading cause of death in America. Around 23% of the American population are obese while only 16.8% smoke. About 300,000 people die from obesity every year. The American culture is not doing anything to help fix the problem. Fast food is more easily available to people in all types of communities and making the healthy choice is not the same as making the easy choice. This causes the obesity rates to rise.

There are tons of anti-smoking campaigns like these ads here and here. There aren’t as many anti-obesity campaigns because calling people obese is considered mean even if their BMI is over 30 and they are extremely unhealthy. There are some campaigns that try to combat obesity by telling kids to get out and play like these ads here and here. These ads are directed at children though not adults. Any reminders to be healthy are going to help though there just need to be more of them. Advertising for smoking is seen all the time while obesity is clearly a bigger issue for America at the moment.

Obesity might not seem as scary as lung cancer or not having pretty skin, common issues smokers face, but it can directly cause health problems like heart attack, stroke, hypertension and diabetes and can end in death pretty quickly. Even a 10% weight loss can decrease risk for many of these diseases learn more here here.