Childhood Obesity: How Society Supersizes Children
Child Obesity:
How Society Supersizes Kids
By
Linda Lents
Celeste Brown
English 102: #28440
November 10, 2012
Linda Lents
Celeste Brown
English 102: #28440
November 10, 2012
Childhood Obesity: How Society Super Sizes Kids Most Americans learn about nutrition from the media. Because food is a very large business and because everyone eats every day, the public is fascinated by stories about diet and health. Newspapers, magazines and television produce and distribute such stories almost daily. Someone once said to me, telling an overweight person that the way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more is about as helpful as telling a poor person to earn more and spend less. How can we tell our youth you must balance your intake of food with adequate daily exercise in order to …show more content…
Farmer’s markets and community food drives should work together in helping to educate lower income communities on proper nutrition. These types of programs will help bring fruits and vegetables to them at lower cost, allowing the children to get the proper nutrition they need to help them fight against obesity. Schools should put a higher priority on physical activity. Adding curriculums of nutrition and physical education not only will help their health and well-being, it will improve their academic performance and mental clarity.
Kids are constantly being bombarded by fast food and media advertisement. These billion dollar industries are not going away any time soon. The role and responsibility of every parent must be to embrace the nutrition, health and activity of their children. The convenience of fast food will eventually be detrimental to the health and well-being of their families. Nutrition must become a top priority of every parent and they must embrace the practices of good nutrition and physical activity to ensure a healthy
How Society Supersizes Kids
By
Linda Lents
Celeste Brown
English 102: #28440
November 10, 2012
Linda Lents
Celeste Brown
English 102: #28440
November 10, 2012
Childhood Obesity: How Society Super Sizes Kids Most Americans learn about nutrition from the media. Because food is a very large business and because everyone eats every day, the public is fascinated by stories about diet and health. Newspapers, magazines and television produce and distribute such stories almost daily. Someone once said to me, telling an overweight person that the way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more is about as helpful as telling a poor person to earn more and spend less. How can we tell our youth you must balance your intake of food with adequate daily exercise in order to …show more content…
Farmer’s markets and community food drives should work together in helping to educate lower income communities on proper nutrition. These types of programs will help bring fruits and vegetables to them at lower cost, allowing the children to get the proper nutrition they need to help them fight against obesity. Schools should put a higher priority on physical activity. Adding curriculums of nutrition and physical education not only will help their health and well-being, it will improve their academic performance and mental clarity.
Kids are constantly being bombarded by fast food and media advertisement. These billion dollar industries are not going away any time soon. The role and responsibility of every parent must be to embrace the nutrition, health and activity of their children. The convenience of fast food will eventually be detrimental to the health and well-being of their families. Nutrition must become a top priority of every parent and they must embrace the practices of good nutrition and physical activity to ensure a healthy