Is It True That Obesity Affects The High Socioeconomic Class Only?

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Is it true that obesity affects the high socioeconomic class only?
The cases of obesity in America have increased tremendously in the recent years. This is happening in the current world of information where people are more informed about their health issues than in previous years. It’s surprising that despite the existence of this information governments still spend financial resources in not only educating the public, but also carrying out campaigns to help boost awareness of obesity. More often obesity is understood as a disease that comes out of consuming too much food and doing so little to burn the calories that come with the food consumption. People have always argued that obesity is associated with people of higher class as they have the financial resources to make unhealthy food choices that are associated with obesity. But, how true is this assumption?
For a long time obesity has been assumed as a disease that is highly associated with people of the high class who consume a lot of unhealthy foods. It’s assumed that these groups of people live a stress free live and do not worry about their food choices. Others believe that living a stress-free life is associated with the cases of obesity. In this case, they infer the assumption that people with high income have all their needs satisfied and do not stress about their life. They can consume whatever they want with no struggle. Most of them are assumed to own vehicles or using mechanical transport, unlike the lower class that walk on most occasions hence reducing chances for obesity. Therefore, in the views of the low-class category, the problems of obesity are not likely to affect them; they often call it “disease of the rich people."
There is a tremendous growth of cases of obesity around the world. Reading through an article in the New York Times by Ritchel, it gives detailed revelations on the nature of obesity around the globe. Ritchel has indicated in the article that there is a tremendous growth of the cases of obesity around the world. He found that the world’s cases of obesity have increased to more than 10% in the last 30 years, resulting in increased health problems and several premature deaths that are associated with obesity. This translates to nearly 604 million adults across the world who are obese and over 108 million children who are obese (Ritchel, New York Times). These figures communicate the same message as the one in an article written by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO indicates that across the globe, there are over one billion people who are overweight, and out of this over 300 million people are clinically obese. WHO has shown great concern on the increased cases of obesity among children across the world. WHO indicates that obesity, unlike other diseases, is a serious health condition that affects all ages and all the socioeconomic groups across the globe. Also, the increased consumption of more energy foods, high sugar content and high-fat content foods, combined with the reduced physical activity have led to the high rise in obesity in countries such as North America, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, Australia, and China.
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