Research Memo 1

Obesity in America

Hypothesis: What are the affects of obesity on people’s lives in America? I think people will answer this question by saying that people should not pay for healthcare that are obese, that teenagers are the group most affected by obesity and that out of all the technology TV has the greatest affect to make people obese. People will say that emotions and depression causes people to be obese and that obesity is a problem that we should not have to worry about according to what I think.

Context: My target audience was teens and experts on the topic. The target audience that was chosen is because of the number one group that most people are getting obese in.  Experts on this topic were chosen because I wanted to get there opinion out there.  My results are reliable because everyone so far is being completely honest with their thoughts. The information might be a little biased though because people are taking this as a concern we should not be worrying about and saying that if they want to be obese they can be obese.

Results:

Survey Results
	Male-13	Female-12
Should obese people have to pay more for healthcare?	45% of all male respondents said yes to pay more for healthcare.	25% of all female respondents said yes to pay more for healthcare.
How bad obesity is in America on a scale of 1-5.	0% of the male respondents said it was 1, 2, or 3.            27% of the male respondent said it was 4.                            72% of the male respondents said it was 5.	0% of the Female respondents said it was 1,2, or 3.              16% of the female respondents said it was 4.  83% of the female respondents said it was 5.
Should there be laws to help inform people on a healthy lifestyle?	36% of the male respondents said yes to inform people on a healthy lifestyle.	58% of the female respondents said yes to inform people on a healthy lifestyle.
What age group is most affected by obesity?	45% of the male respondents said teens.                                    45% of the male respondents said children.                           9% of the male respondent said Adults.                              0% of the male respondent said Elderly.	25% of the female respondent said children.                         66% of the female respondent said teens.                                0% of the female respondent said adults and elderly.
Do you think obesity should not be a problem we should worry about?	54% of the male respondent said ye to saying we should not worry about obesity.	25% of the female respondent said yes to saying we should not worry about obesity.

Affects of Technology Towards Obesity

                                                

Affects of Personalities on Obesity

Data Analysis: Throughout my whole survey I have found three big main points. The first main point I noticed throughout my survey is that that everyone said that TV has cause people to be obese. People may have responded this way because you are not really exercising when you are watching TV. The second main point that I saw throughout my survey was that none of the female thought that drugs caused obesity. My female respondents probably responded this way because drugs cause many different things to happen to people. Finally, the third main point that I saw throughout my survey was that all the female’s respondents said that emotion was a big factor that caused obesity and that all the male respondents said that depression was a big factor that caused obesity. The female respondents probably responded about emotion because emotion makes people want to eat more especially if they are sad or mad about something and is just deciding to eat their problems away. On the other side though my entire male anonymously said that depression was a big factor that caused obesity; this is probably because depression makes you sad and that they just eat their problems away.

Conclusion: What are the affects of obesity on people’s lives in America? My hypothesis was correct because most people did say that, most people should not pay for healthcare that are obese, that teenagers are the group most affected by obesity and that out of all the technology TV has the greatest affect to make people obese. I can conclude that obesity is caused by people who are most likely more affected by emotion and use the more new technology. I have come to this conclusion because of what people have answered in my survey. People have said that emotions and depression are the most likely to make people obese so people who are more moody are probably more likely to get obese. As well as, people who are always watching TV.

Follow Up: The question I should logically follow up with in research memo 2 is which of the causes of obesity impacts teenagers the most? In research memo 2 I hope to explain how you would know if you are obese, or just a little chubby. I would also like to explain which impact most affects teenagers the most. As a result of research memo 1 I have decided not to change any my research questions yet.