Obesity means having too much excessive body fat and occurs when you eat and drink more calories than you burn through exercise and normal daily activities.It is an issue that is not a new problem Americans are continuing to get fatter and fatter 2.4 million more people become obese from every 3 years for only 3 states according to (Denise Grady August 3, 2010). This matters because obesity causes tuns of effects on health each year obesity related conditions cost over 150 billion dollars and causes an estimated 300,000 premature deaths in the u.s.(Stanford Hospital Clinic 2014). This has been something I have been passionate about for a long time I believe it has been because of family members dealing with obesity it has caused some of them their lives. This issue might not seem like a big problem to some people in the world by the way they say "they can always lose it" or that they are "enjoying life" but once you're obese its hard to get rid of it. Obesity is a fast growing epidemic among young adults due to many factors. But regardless of the reasons for the rise in obesity maintaining healthy weight is possible for anyone and we need to stop this growth.