Preventing Obesity In America
The leading cause of unnecessary deaths and to the increase in nutrition-related chronic diseases is due to one of the major health problems in the United States, which is obesity. Obesity has become a social issue in the United States where it has affected many families, communities, and health care systems. Being obese is not just a personal problem, it is a social issue that is presented to the public, in which the marketplace and media reacts to. In order to reduce the causes of obesity, Americans should be educated and assisted in learning about nutritional values, there should be an environmental changes to prevent obesity, and promoting obesity as a major public health concern to reduce the cause of obesity.
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To offer healthier options in schools vending machines and lunch options for students can influence their behaviors into what they put into their body on a daily basis. In addition, due to the growing technologies many people are walking less using cars, buses, and escalators, to get from one place to another. Therefore, environmental changes in the transportation systems and by having more stairs and sidewalk can allow people to walk more and to get their daily exercise they need in order to prevent from being obese. As Wexler stated, “ Policy makers were exhorted to create more community-based obesity prevention and treatment programs... They also were advised to enact public policy to create and maintain safe and accessible sidewalks, walking and bicycle paths, and stairs.” (Wexler 2007) However, the disadvantages that environmental changes follow by can be due to the limiting resources such as land to provide sidewalk in a community, or providing fresh produce to students due to funding of the school lunches programs or limiting access for fresh produce.
In addition, by promoting obesity as a major public health concern, more people are aware that obesity in the United States is a problem that needs to be address to show that obesity can cause major problem in their health. For example, by being more aware about the effects of overweight on health can cause a support of healthy eating and in physical activity. In the article of the mental Health Weekly Digest, it stated “...encouraging them to watch less TV can save
Obesity is a condition in …show more content…
To offer healthier options in schools vending machines and lunch options for students can influence their behaviors into what they put into their body on a daily basis. In addition, due to the growing technologies many people are walking less using cars, buses, and escalators, to get from one place to another. Therefore, environmental changes in the transportation systems and by having more stairs and sidewalk can allow people to walk more and to get their daily exercise they need in order to prevent from being obese. As Wexler stated, “ Policy makers were exhorted to create more community-based obesity prevention and treatment programs... They also were advised to enact public policy to create and maintain safe and accessible sidewalks, walking and bicycle paths, and stairs.” (Wexler 2007) However, the disadvantages that environmental changes follow by can be due to the limiting resources such as land to provide sidewalk in a community, or providing fresh produce to students due to funding of the school lunches programs or limiting access for fresh produce.
In addition, by promoting obesity as a major public health concern, more people are aware that obesity in the United States is a problem that needs to be address to show that obesity can cause major problem in their health. For example, by being more aware about the effects of overweight on health can cause a support of healthy eating and in physical activity. In the article of the mental Health Weekly Digest, it stated “...encouraging them to watch less TV can save