(1) How does additional body weight affect physical status?
(2) What are some of the barriers and challenges to losing weight in the U. S.?
(3) Discuss cultural considerations when discussing weight and weight loss with clients.
(4) What would you suggest to help Mark achieve a healthy weight?

Explanation:

some of the effects of high body weight include:

  It puts more load on the weight beating joints such as the hip and knee thereby  causing   Osteoarthritis Arthritis of the hip and knee

   A major complaint is obese patients due excess loading of the sacroiliac  joint is Back pain.

  Hypertension and diabetes are examples of complications associated with heavy weight patients

   Cardiovascular diseases have also shown association with obesity

   Another issue is the decrement in the mobility of heavy weight patients, as they find it difficult    to walk

2. Some of the barriers and challenges to losing weight include -

   The  sedentary and leisure lifestyle

   Banning of exercises from daily routine

  Eating of Junk diet such as too much of can foods, oily and fatty food, soft drinks

   Smoking , alcohol consumption, and drug abuse

3.Obesity refers to the condition of high concentrations of stored body fat. So many reasons, different social-cultural values and rules are attached to body weight. Although there is a possibility of substantial changes.

Less than 8000 cultures have been estimated by Anthropologists to exist in this world, although we only have that as the information about a minority of all cultures.

Information on the archaeological evidence of the joy of culture about body weight levels that are in existence, and weight is not available .

4. Some of my suggestions for achieving a healthy weight include:

a. Regular  daily exercise

b. Avoiding eating of too much junks

c. Abstinence from smoking,alcohol intake and drug abuse

d. Regular intake of fruits and vegetables

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