Compose a 2750 words assignment on combating obesity in the u.s. Needs to be plagiarism free! It is estimated that nearly two-thirds of the adult people and one-fifth of the children in the United States are facing obesity. The health issue concerning obesity is creating health related hurdles amid the people of the US. The increase in the number of obese people is creating a strain on the healthcare system of the US. In the year 2012, approximately 34.9% people of the US were obese, which refers to people having 35 pounds in excess of the weight of a healthy person (Hellmic, 2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009). According to the statistics from the National Center for Health nearly 50 million of the white people are found to be obese in the US. Due to the rise in the number of obese, the risk regarding the chronic diseases, heart disease and diabetes are increasing in the US. In this context, physical activity and proper diet are the keys to manage the obesity in the people. The obesity can be dealt with by providing a series of educational seminars and workshops to get knowledge regarding the nutritional value of the food being consumed (Hellmic, 2013). The study intends to emphasize the various viewpoints of the researchers about the issue faced by the people of the US due to obesity. The impact of the knowledge in the social group is also evaluated to combat the issue of obesity in the US.