Persuasive Essay On Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity is becoming a huge concern in the United States. Most children only like the non- nutritious snacks such as Pringles, candy, and frozen meals Etc. There needs to be improvements everywhere in the United States so that way children are getting more nutritious foods on their plate. When eating there needs to be all sorts of colors on your plate. The United States has come up with a law, which was passed by congress in 2004, called the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act. According to Jay Maddock (2012) “An estimated 73 million adults and 12 million children and youth in the U.S. are already obese.” In 2014, that number has probably sky rocketed because of so many people eating what they want and not caring. Childhood obesity is becoming a huge problem for the U.S. due to economic decline, an increase in technology, and may affect children way …show more content…
A lot of problems can come for the children when they hit teenagers because of weight. By the time they are 16, they could have high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and even diabetes. If we do not slow down what children are eating we are in for a more serious problem in the United States. The increase in technology can also help increase this number because people just want to stay inside and play the newest and greatest hits. Schools need to come in and help them out a lot more to. Having healthy food more expensive for some parents causes them to only get fast food. Produce should not be that expensive if we want children to stop eating so terribly. This problem cannot be fixed in the next decade or two, but we can start now to help children out so they can have a healthy life style in the end. This process needs to start by schools teaching them what is not good to eat for us, then the parents enforcing it and showing their children what they need on their