Childhood Obesity In The Documentary, Our Supersized Kids And Perfect Illusions

The concept of childhood obesity has been discussed for years upon years. The issue continues to progress in numbers, and it can be obviously be seen across the United States. Not only is childhood obesity an issue among younger generations, eating disorders are killing young women at the same time. Even though it is not as prominent and easily identifiable as obesity, the issue still lies under our feet. Both concepts of childhood obesity and eating disorders are portrayed and broken down in the documentaries titled “Our Supersized Kids” and “Perfect Illusions”. In the first documentary titled “Our Supersized Kids”, it first discusses today’s children by describing how our society is raising kids to be obese. Because of our poor nutrition choices we make to feed our children, it is possible that they may die sooner than the generation …show more content…
In “Our Supersized Kids”, the low-income families were the primary focus. Low-income families possibly are more subject to childhood obesity is because how easy it is to access unhealthy, processed foods. Healthier, more nutritional foods are also available, but are much more expensive in comparison. In “Perfect Illusions”, it is explained how eating disorders are not just cured by better eating habits. The habitual purging stems from an issue that is personal for the victim. As stated before, it generally is the over exaggerated importance of perfectionism. It takes support and counseling of the family to understand where this idea is coming from. In combining the problems of eating disorders and childhood obesity, support is necessary for the individual and the family, and a way to support families and the victims is counseling. As an older sibling to an obese child, the best thing that I could do is to not make them feel worse about their weight and support improvement. Overall, it is better to manage the problem positively and effectively if it