When visiting each of the booths, I noticed that they were mostly things like medical coverage, bringing programs to the communities, awareness, and things like that. It was interesting to …show more content…
His name was Dr. Agas, from Mission Pediatrics. I asked Dr. Agas what was the number one issue amongst children. His answer surprised me, which was Obesity first, then followed by Diabetes, Both very bad for someone's health, especially for children. Kids eat lots of junk food, along with spicy foods like spicy Cheetos, Which helps increase obesity. This problem has begun with the parents and they need to take this issue very seriously. The bad eating habits usually begin with these kids, starting as young as 2 years old. The poor eating habits and the obesity rate of children has shown a huge increase in diabetes, which is very bad. It has gotten to the point that teens will already have full-grown diabetes. These kids will have bmi 95%, which is very