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Persuasive Essay About Obesity

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Imagine a world where people can not go outside because their body is not able to move because of how much people weigh and need to stay inside where machines are helping monitor the health of the body. If the obesity epidemic and obesity related disease don't stop now that is how the future world will look like for the next generation and it does not seem nice. Back in the 1970’s people would have never expected a future like that because it was all about healthy foods and exercising regularly. Now in 2017 it is all about eating at fast food restaurants and binge watching shows on Netflix. Many people's mentality today is why go outside to exercise when there is technology as entertainment where the gossip and entertainment is at? People fail to realize that lying on the couch or in bed after eating is a higher risk for obesity. Personal responsibility is what people are failing to accept when it comes to obesity, blaming others for something people can become educated about seems easier. The media is also at fault for all the propaganda about unhealthy fast food, and not the healthy food that benefits the persons body. 18-26 year-olds have the chance to change this generation's mentality about obesity and change the future generation alongside the media who should change what is being advertised and make the people choose a healthier and better option.

Dating back to the 70s, kids have either gone home to home cooked meals or to nothing at all. Parents were not able to prepare any food for their children since both parents, or a single parent, had to work to provide for the family. Additionally, frozen foods were seen as a shortcut to help parents prepare meals for their children. Obviously, fast food was the next option for parents to provide a quick, affordable source of food and home cooked meals were seen as a thing in the past as fast food chains appealed to children with bigger portions. In the article Don’t Blame The Eater by David Zinczenko, Zinczenko states “These were the only available options for an American kid to get an affordable meal.”(3) It was the easiest way to a meal than having a late dinner. Plus with no nutrition facts on the back of a food’s packaging, the consumer would not know

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