meals. Therefore many Americans eat fast food because it is cheap and made almost instantaneously. However, eating fast food can cause negative consequence to a person’s health physically and mentally. Fast food has high amount of salt and sugar, which can lead high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity. Ironically, people know fast foods are unhealthy for the body and causes major health risk, but they still contribute to eating the food fast food make. Staying healthy can be a tough achievement, but it
activities. (TV, Internet, talking on cell) 1 and 2) accessibility to fast food (McDonald’s) vs. organic food.1 Sidewalks and parks are major indicators of safety and ability to walk, ride a bicycle, jog, play team sports at the park, or maybe even swim in a community pool. Walking to nearby public transportation and waiting safely are considerations when traveling to medical facilities/organic food establishments. More accessibility to fast
In the U.S. today, there are approximately 35.2 million school-aged children that enrolled to attend prekindergarten through 8th grade (Fast Facts, 2015). Of these 35.2 million students, about one in three children are overweight or obese (Active Education, 2015). An obese child is then at risk for a series of diseases, one of them being type 2 diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were about 5,089 new cases of type 2 diabetes in children under 10 years
everyday changes, if any, might a person can make to increase the amount of energy expended in my day to day activates? A person should drink more water and walk around more. What types and amounts of exercise would work best for me? Personally fast work out that you can burn calories in a short time, an example would be Focus T25. It is a 25 min work out video that you would burn large number of calories in a short period of time. How can I improve my aerobic fitness? I would exercise a little more.
America’s obesity problem is increasing and every one is blaming big fast food corporations. Daniel Weintrub in the article “The battle against fast food begins in the home” agrees that parents are to blame for their children being overweight, but fast food companies aren’t the problem. Weintrub supports his argument by explaining the data and reason used to show that most studies focused on “The increasing in consumed position of fast food and soft drink, larger portion sizes and restaurants. Daniel
What does childhood obesity means? Obesity can be defined as a condition in which the body carries abnormal or unhealthy amounts of fat tissue, leading the individual to weigh in excess or 20 percent more than his or her ideal weight (Health & Illness).Obesity in America is an ever-growing problem and has boosted America to the number one spot in terms of obese population. It also stands as the most prevalent medical issue in American Children. In the past thirty years, obesity has affected many
Drop that Twinkie There are many reasons why we crave and desire many different foods, but fast food is fast and easy why would there be a need for change. There are many reasons why people's way of eating needs to change. Overall, there are situations in our health industries, that even the environment that oneself lives in can be a problem to their health as well. It is up to the teenagers to help stop this situation because they are the future of our state. Overall, obesity has been a big problem
Many Fast food companies target children because they are young and are good at persuading their parents to get what they want. “It’s not just getting kids to whine” (Schlosser 43). Fast food companies target kids based on what they are looking for which is money. “The decade of the child consumer” (Schlosser 43). Americans need to pay close attention to how their children spend their money. As more kids visit fast food restaurants, companies will come out with more items for kids to purchase as
change such as in food portion sizes, exercise and health disorders. In the 1970’s families would tend to eat home cooked meals and there was very few processed foods available , but now the majority of families depend on fast food restaurants too much that it has become habitual. Fast food restaurants are growing dramatically and are becoming America’s biggest implement when needing any meal, not only because it is cheap but also because it is less time consuming. The excess of fast food and little exercise
school, local store, mall, restaurant, sporting events, and every other place around. Many people do not know this but, obesity is causing people to die early, possibly 6-7 years earlier than intended, not including all of the disease and illnesses that can happen along the way. There are far more problems that come with being overweight than most would