Health Concerns for Women

My concerns about women's health would be at least these three things: Obesity, HPV, teen pregnancy.
I chose obesity due to there are so many people that are overweight in this country alone. I think there should not be places like McDonald's, Wendy's, and Chick-fil-a unless they serve all healthy food. I know that is impossible probably and would never happen. It is also our fault for not wanting or disciplining ourselves into eating healthy and exercising. I also chose HPV because there is not a lot out in the world to know a lot about it. Half the doctors cannot tell you probably half the things we need to know about it. Maybe they need to do more studies/research about it. The last thing I chose was teen pregnancy because it affects millions of people. Not only does it affect the teens having the kids but also their parents. I think that if the teen is not ready to have the responsibilities of raising the child nor giving it to her parents to raise while still in school, that baby should be put up for adoption. But that is not the only thing I am concerned about when it comes to that, it is also what they do while (partying, drinking, smoking, etc) they are pregnant since half the time they have no idea. Maybe we should teach abstinence sooner in schools.

I spoke with my mother, 46, about issues concerning her as well. She chose HPV, the new cervical cancer. She said that you read the same stories but really never get the same answer. She believes that your own doctor does not know enough about it nor can they really treat it. Women and girls may not even know they are carrying it. Many young women have many sexual partners in which if they have it and have no idea, they are passing it on. Do they know what side effects these young girls will have if they are giving them a shot for this issue? Do they know enough to be doing this? She thinks there needs to be more out there on this subject (i.e. Treatments, how come it could take years to know you have it, can you carry this always)

I also spoke with my cousin, 26, about issues concerning her. She chose two things which were obesity and lack of motivation to exercise. Obesity is a growing concern especially in the states. She says most women in the working world it is just so easy to get some food on the go through the drive thrus. Even with healthy items on the menu, they are expensive so therefore we stay away from that. She believes that fast food is a major contributor to obesity, but it is ultimately our choice for us and our children. She also chose lack of motivation to exercise because there is none of this today. In other countries they ride bicycles or walk to work and what do we have-cars, buses, etc. This issues contributes to the growing rate of obesity, but we must make it a priority, as much as eating dinner. Her as a mother and a caretaker of her family must make the choice for what foods to purchase for the household and making exercise a priority. The rate of obesity is astronomical, even in children, we must make the correct choices and enforce the necessary changes.

I also interview one more person at work about the issues concerning her. She is 26 and choose these three things: Cancer, Weight loss, Drinking. She chose cancer due to she had a family member die of this. There is no cure and should be able to detect it way early. She thinks that majority of the time it should be able to be prevented but the doctors just overlook or puts it to the side because to them right now it is not a concern. She chose weight loss because there is a lot of people overweight and more needs to be done to control this. Her last concern was drinking because she had a relative that was drinking and driving, hit someone and passed away. She believes there needs to be more strict laws and rules surrounding drinking and driving.

All of our concerns are very much alike. We all are concerns about either weight or obesity which to me falls in the same category. The other thing in common would be HPV. These are concerns that need to addressed in this country quickly. If there is nothing to stop or cure this issues then no telling what will happen in the near future and not just with obesity but all of these listed above.