America began on small businesses and America has to continue to have small businesses to have a good economy. Wal-Mart endangers businesses all over the country because small businesses cannot compete with the superpower on account of Wal-Mart getting goods from places like China. Most people live within thirty minutes of a Wal-Mart and with their lower prices people will continue to shop there without realizing what they are doing to their own economy. Most people don’t realize that saving a few dollars by shopping at Wal-Mart is crippling all the local businesses around their area. Wal-Mart does not care about the American economy because they are thriving the way the economy is now, so American citizens have to stand up for their communities.
CU1527 support children and young people at meal or snack time. 1.1 Outline the nutritional requirements of a healthy diet for young children and young people Children and young people are under doing a lot of growth and development therefore they need a lot of carbohydrates to give them energy, all children are energetic so it is crucial that children have plenty. They also need a variety of minerals and vitamins to help their bodies function properly. Children also need to have fibre, they don’t need huge amounts but they do need some to keep healthy, however fibre does play a big part in their diet. Fibre keeps the digestive system flowing, decreasing constipation.
I chose Weight Watchers because it’s doesnt sound or look strict at all just a “healthy style” of living. Besides, it’s the opposite you can still eat anything you want from the menu and still lose pounds of fat. ● What is the basic premise of this diet/eating plan? Weight Watchers contains a balance of vegetables, fruit, dairy, exercise activity and multivitamins. ● What were two positive aspects of the diet?
"Hundreds of millions of people buy fast food every day without giving it much thought, unaware of the subtle and not so subtle ramifications of their purchase" (Pg. 10). The widespread phenomenon of fast food consumption has transformed even the simplest aspects of everyday life. An era when eating out was rare and saved for special occasions is coming to an end, and is quickly being replaced with a sky-rocketing demand for fast food. Over time, the fast food industry has increasingly manipulated consumers and corrupted the stability of the nation, and although the convenience and affordability of fast food has made it widely popular, the disadvantages noticeably exceed the benefits.
As these children grow older, they are actually, in many cases, at high risk of being seriously injured or even killed by this harmful thing, obesity. Only six years ago a survey was taken up that led to knowledge of estimated deaths caused by obesity-related illness. The astounding statistic shows that 112,000 to 325,000 American adults die from it every year. This means that people with the highest BMI’s are twice more likely to die prematurely than the average American. Here are a few examples of the illnesses caused by obesity: type 2 diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular (heart) disease, and asthma.
Americans who don’t have much money to spend on food suffer the most, because the cheapest foods are usually the unhealthiest. In ‘You are What You Grow,’ Pollan notes that unhealthy calories are much more cheap than healthy ones. Those foods are usually mostly processed, and they probably claim to be “packed with nutrients.” Our food system sets out rules that regulate what we eat, and they make the most money from the unhealthy dollars we spend on food rather than the healthy ones. The government gives money to farmers and encourages them to produce certain products. Unhealthy calories come from unhealthy farms.
After that, if food is available, more food is usually consumed, which helps the progress of obesity. The consumption of more organic foods can combat obesity and malnourishment. Unlike fast food, organic foods are not toxic and have more useful nutrients. However, their price is usually high, and families with low income cannot afford them. Organic food is expensive due to a number of different factors.
Approximately ten percent of four and five year old children are overweight. Obesity increases even more as children get older. For ages six to eleven, at least one child in five is overweight. Over the last two decades, this number has increased by more than fifty percent and the number of obese children has nearly doubled. For most children, overweight is the result of unhealthy eating patterns and too little physical activity.
Child Obesity in America Child obesity is a growing problem in American societies these days. Children are getting bigger and bigger and the major cause to this problem is growing number of fast food restaurants, unhealthy diet, not enough nutrition in the body and lack of exercise. Moreover, there are plenty of statistics that prove that child obesity in America is at epidemic levels. Research has proven that in the last 30 years, the number of children who are overweight has tripled to 15%. Another research shows that one third of nation’s children are obese.
Obesity can cause all types of health problems such as diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes, and certain kinds of cancer. Obesity has been on the increase over the last past ten that the years. “ In fact, data from the CDC indicate that the U.S. obesity average was 12% in 1990 and had grown to 23% by 2005.” (Menifield, Doty, Fletcher, 2008 p.1) Obesity cost America so much money and it is one of the most nastiest problems beside drugs. There was a poll done about 2 months ago of CBS that stated that a large percentage of people say that they eat out at least 5 days of the week and sometimes all 7 days at a fast food restaurants or they eat prepackaged foods. This means that they have little time to work out to burn off the fatty foods that they consume on a daily basis.