Are food manufacturers slowly killing us?
Do you think your family meals are healthy? How many times you pick something up in the supermarket and read the labels in fear of unhealthy ingredient. Should we really blame the manufacturers for what people eat or blame individuals for what they choose to consume? Psychologist think if manufactures produce healthier foods then people would have healthier options. Food is essential to one’s life and it is needed to survive. So you would think it’s packed with lots of nutrients and vitamins instead of high fructose syrup, enriched bleached carbohydrates, and high amount of sodium. This topic means a lot to our society because numerous people have a lot of family members that are suffering from disease …show more content…
Some other reason why children may have a hard time attempting to be a “kid” are some families may have a difficult time getting to parks/recreation centers, limited access to public transportation, and “safe routes for walking or biking to school or play may not exist.” According to the article “Half of the children in the United States do not have a park, community center, and sidewalk in their neighborhood. Only 27 states have policies directing community-scale design”. (What Causes Childhood Obesity, CDC- Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Para 6). As stated earlier, limited access to healthy foods also plays a huge part in child obesity because of limited “access to access to stores and supermarkets that sell healthy, affordable food such as fruits and vegetables, especially in rural, minority, and lower-income neighborhoods”. Options such as choosing healthy foods are a major obstacle to over for parents “who live in areas with an overabundance of food retailers that tend to sell less healthy food, such as convenience stores and fast food restaurants” (What Causes Childhood Obesity, CDC- Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Para 7). Parents need to wake up and stop being oblivious and practice/implement a healthier lifestyle for their kids. Also children need to set example and step away from television and social media to ensure that their health are being addressed by doing some form of physical
Do you think your family meals are healthy? How many times you pick something up in the supermarket and read the labels in fear of unhealthy ingredient. Should we really blame the manufacturers for what people eat or blame individuals for what they choose to consume? Psychologist think if manufactures produce healthier foods then people would have healthier options. Food is essential to one’s life and it is needed to survive. So you would think it’s packed with lots of nutrients and vitamins instead of high fructose syrup, enriched bleached carbohydrates, and high amount of sodium. This topic means a lot to our society because numerous people have a lot of family members that are suffering from disease …show more content…
Some other reason why children may have a hard time attempting to be a “kid” are some families may have a difficult time getting to parks/recreation centers, limited access to public transportation, and “safe routes for walking or biking to school or play may not exist.” According to the article “Half of the children in the United States do not have a park, community center, and sidewalk in their neighborhood. Only 27 states have policies directing community-scale design”. (What Causes Childhood Obesity, CDC- Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Para 6). As stated earlier, limited access to healthy foods also plays a huge part in child obesity because of limited “access to access to stores and supermarkets that sell healthy, affordable food such as fruits and vegetables, especially in rural, minority, and lower-income neighborhoods”. Options such as choosing healthy foods are a major obstacle to over for parents “who live in areas with an overabundance of food retailers that tend to sell less healthy food, such as convenience stores and fast food restaurants” (What Causes Childhood Obesity, CDC- Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Para 7). Parents need to wake up and stop being oblivious and practice/implement a healthier lifestyle for their kids. Also children need to set example and step away from television and social media to ensure that their health are being addressed by doing some form of physical