Many countries are trying to do something to make their children’s life healthier by promoting healthy food and diets campaigns. Obesity is a worldwide disaster that ruins lives. Obesity is being fat or overweight and that affects their lives in negative ways. The primary reasons of obesity are actually parents; they’re the ones who decide what type of food their child eats and they specify the amount of food the child gets. However, the studies of the American academy of child and adolescent psychiatry showed that between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese.
Obesity in anyone can prove to be a life threatening condition, but calculating good eating habits, a healthy diet and proper exercise for our children can help prevent that child from becoming obese. Many studies have been done over the course of the last decade or so trying to understand why so many of our American children are being diagnosed with health issues that normally do not show up in most adults until their later years. A reason for the increase in serious health problems has been linked to the consumption of fast food. A study says that nearly one-third of all American children, both girls and boys between the ages of four through nineteen eat fast food on a regular basis. The study also says that kids are gaining weight up to 6 lbs per year on regular consumption of fast food.
Jady-Ann Should the Government a Play a Role in Our Fight Against Obesity? According to the CDC 12.5 million children and 38 million adults in the United States are obese and $150 billion dollars have been spent on medical care costs associated with obesity. Obesity has become an epidemic in this country. In his article What You Eat is Your Business, Radley Balko asserts that the government should have no say in the types of food we consume. He also states that each person should be responsible for their own health and well-being.
Writing Plan: Essay #__2______ Introduction: Approach to start (Hook or Attention-Grabber) | Why should the government control what we eat? They want to control what we eat because there’s so many kids obesity in America. | ThesisStatement | The government has some point to want to control what we eat. The obesity rate in America is very high. The government should have regulation on the fast food industry.
Blaming Fast Food Restaurants for Obesity Let’s face it; everyone loves a Whopper every now and then. Yet we are all aware that one too many can bring on dangerous and life-threatening results. Obesity is a growing problem in the United States and more and more children are being affected. But do uneducated families have the right to put the blame on fast food restaurants for their health issues they could have easily prevented? I believe that we are taking it too far by blaming fast food restaurants for obesity and that it is an individual’s responsibility to take the blame.
Critical Analysis Essay “Food Cops on the Prowl” Obesity is one of the most serious problems of the childhood in the present. There are a lot of reasons to lead the obesity in young people. The article “Food Cops on the Prowl” pointed out the marketing of food companies is one of the important causes of childhood obesity. According to Pierce Hollingsworth (2004), there was so many causes lead to childhood obesity, not only the food marketing. He showed some causes of childhood obesity, and he thought that people should care more about the other causes.
Have you ever thought about the hazardous health impacts caused by the junk food purchased from multinational fast-food corporations such as McDonalds and KFC? Have you noticed the extensively increase of obesity trend in America over the last few decades? Schlosser, the author of the book has given us various clues about the latest trend in the American society. In the past twenty years, more citizens in the US have been classified into the ‘obese’ groups on account of the prodigious amount of intake of the local fast-food, such as chips, fried chicken or the local soft drinks which comprise a large proportion of salt, sugar or other chemical substances. The author also divulged the core reason why more and more citizens are exposed to
They all end up in the same ruling that its the consumers choice to enter a fast food establishment and consume their products. But it is evident that fast food corporations have caused a widespread epidemic within the U.S from their many caused negative effects. This is why society blames and accuses these fast food companies for being responsible for the ongoing obesity crisis, but even though their food is not considered of good nutrition, in the end it’s not fast food companies forcing their customers to consume their products, its free will of society. The modern history of fast food in America began on July 7, 1912 with the opening of a fast food restaurant called the Automat in New York. The Automat was a cafeteria with its prepared foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots.
Why are 2/3 of American people overweight or obese? Won Woo Jung February 7th 2013 Mr. Duncan DUSH Obesity rates has been increasing since the 1970’s and by 2030 the rate of obesity among the American population is expected to rise to 42% by 2030.1 Estimates suggest that obesity has been causing negative health for obese people and it continues to be one of the most leading public health problem in the United States. Some Americans seek to improve their diet and their habits to lose weight, however some Americans is expected to grow much worse. Rick’s story tells how obesity is a negative cause for health and he shares his story by saying how he was overweight, tired, lazy and the only way to get rid of his weight was by doing medical
Food For Thought: Think About Your Choice An Analytical Essay Megan Skyberg Author Note This paper was prepared for Writing 101, Section 013, taught by Instructor Barber. Abstract Over the years, obesity rates have been rising to a dangerous percentage in the United States. Lately, people have been calling this rise an obesity epidemic. The problem with this is that obesity is not a disease. The question I want to answer is whose fault is it really?