Personal Narrative: The Epidemic Of Obesity

The obesity epidemic will not be reversed by guiding people to work out more, because they do not have time to spare. People often just keep on eating especially children even with the influence of others, people tend to eat more than what they should every day. Obesity is not a disease but a choice. I have an experience of having an unhealthy lifestyle, back in my early years from elementary. I was often teased because of my big physical appearance throughout elementary and middle school as well. Zinczenko also had a similar experience as a child, “I tend to sympathize with these portly fast-food patrons, though. Maybe that 's because I used to be one of them.” Even though I was bullied and made fun of, I still did nothing to change. I instead kept eating a lot and did not become an active child. It was not until the end of middle school where I finally changed the way I eat and stopped being lazy.
It was all because of my cousin who also had a similar lifestyle died of obesity. From there, I have been scarred to change and become a better person. I started to eat fruits and vegetables more often and also work out every day in the morning. I did not change because of my cousin’s death, but so I can extend my life to a very healthy one. But as Zinczenko states in his …show more content…
Children especially still do not know how much calories they have to burn after eating so much junk food. Therefore, children gain more weight than what they can lose physically. Kids would not know how fattening the food they are eating is because they have no interest with the words displayed on the side of the restaurant. “Read the small print on the back of the dressing packet and you 'll realize it actually contains 2.5 servings,” as Zinczenko says. People would not know about the servings and calories they need to be limiting themselves when ordering a ‘Big Mac’ or an ‘Ultimate Cheese