Americas “Big” Problem
Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese (Childhood Obesity Facts). Some parents may not be educated on how to cook healthy foods or like the majority they might know but they are in a tight money situation. Children may also not have the options in school to eat healthy and that may impact how they make their food choices, however if schools had the funding to provide education on eating healthy and how to make good food choices the youth of America may be able to teach themselves and their parents how to cook and eat healthier. Although the evidence is strong for these reasons people may still argue that these young adults and youth are in a stage of laziness or not …show more content…
There are organizations that make it their mission to get kids up and outside for part of their day. One of these organizations is Play 60 and this group goes to public schools across the United States and sets up times where kids can get outside and play (I knew this information before this paper). These types or organizations are needed because most schools across America are getting rid of their gym classes. In an article titled Childhood Obesity Facts published by the Center for Disease Control on June 19 2015 they state that
44 percent of the nation’s school administrators have cut significant amounts of time from physical education, arts and recess so that more time could be devoted to reading and mathematics since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2001. The percentage of schools offering physical education daily or at least three days a week has declined dramatically from 2001 to 2006, the report …show more content…
Many people see it as childhood obesity the child’s fault for being lazy, or not caring or even going as far to say that they don’t care about their health. According to an article titled Diet and Obesity published in February 2013 it states that Diet and nutrition are individual, not government, responsibilities. Scapegoating the food industry and restricting consumer choice are ineffective and intrusive methods of dealing with obesity in the United States. Childhood obesity, furthermore, is a problem that should be dealt with by parents, not government bureaucrats. (Diet and Obesity)
Despite having evidence showing that it is the governments fault for not trying to fix this epidemic by fixing the meal programs in schools, they still believe that this is the parent’s problem. In which I agree but, but not with all of their other reasons. Their other reasons are that the parents are doing this not voluntarily or on purpose but without realizing it because their kids cannot drive themselves to McDonalds. In favor of this reason people look at it as a bad parenting plan and not being uninformed about eating
Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese (Childhood Obesity Facts). Some parents may not be educated on how to cook healthy foods or like the majority they might know but they are in a tight money situation. Children may also not have the options in school to eat healthy and that may impact how they make their food choices, however if schools had the funding to provide education on eating healthy and how to make good food choices the youth of America may be able to teach themselves and their parents how to cook and eat healthier. Although the evidence is strong for these reasons people may still argue that these young adults and youth are in a stage of laziness or not …show more content…
There are organizations that make it their mission to get kids up and outside for part of their day. One of these organizations is Play 60 and this group goes to public schools across the United States and sets up times where kids can get outside and play (I knew this information before this paper). These types or organizations are needed because most schools across America are getting rid of their gym classes. In an article titled Childhood Obesity Facts published by the Center for Disease Control on June 19 2015 they state that
44 percent of the nation’s school administrators have cut significant amounts of time from physical education, arts and recess so that more time could be devoted to reading and mathematics since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2001. The percentage of schools offering physical education daily or at least three days a week has declined dramatically from 2001 to 2006, the report …show more content…
Many people see it as childhood obesity the child’s fault for being lazy, or not caring or even going as far to say that they don’t care about their health. According to an article titled Diet and Obesity published in February 2013 it states that Diet and nutrition are individual, not government, responsibilities. Scapegoating the food industry and restricting consumer choice are ineffective and intrusive methods of dealing with obesity in the United States. Childhood obesity, furthermore, is a problem that should be dealt with by parents, not government bureaucrats. (Diet and Obesity)
Despite having evidence showing that it is the governments fault for not trying to fix this epidemic by fixing the meal programs in schools, they still believe that this is the parent’s problem. In which I agree but, but not with all of their other reasons. Their other reasons are that the parents are doing this not voluntarily or on purpose but without realizing it because their kids cannot drive themselves to McDonalds. In favor of this reason people look at it as a bad parenting plan and not being uninformed about eating