America is the most unhealthy nation in the world. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010, The rate of obesity has immensely increased over time. The result: an excruciatingly obese nation. A lot of studies and statistics out there outline the reality of this nightmare. Is it possible to heal our nation and decline the rate of obesity? Do people care enough to change their habits? Is there a solution? In order to fix this problem we have created, we first need to know the cause. Many factors contribute to the rise, the way food is processed and preserved today being one of them. Other contributors are going out to unhealthy restaurants too often, and neglecting to take care of our body's need for exercise,
…show more content…
Health Discovery speaks of the importance of exercise in saying, “Exercise is also a key to weight control because it burns calories. If you burn off more calories than you take in, you lose weight. It's as simple as that.” This means in order to stay the same size the calories taken in need to equal the calories burned. This should only require basic daily activity. We do mini workouts everyday, it doesn’t take much to turn up the intensity and get those calories melting. That daily walk you take your dog on everyday? Turn it into a jog. Watching your favorite TV show? Stand up and start dropping some squats, double it as your workout period. Watching kids? Get them to join in and teach them while they’re young the importance of physical activity. It is so easy to get exercise in, it is only a matter of putting forth a little effort to do so. On the other hand some people may say no matter what efforts are made, America will continue in the same path. They think no matter what wake-up call we send, the response will be minor. It is not unrealistic to believe that we will be able to make a step in the right direction starting with obesity. All that needs to be done is trend setting. One important person sets an example and people will follow suit. All it takes is a couple good role model to set our nation in a chain reaction into the right direction. It's actually quite
Health Discovery speaks of the importance of exercise in saying, “Exercise is also a key to weight control because it burns calories. If you burn off more calories than you take in, you lose weight. It's as simple as that.” This means in order to stay the same size the calories taken in need to equal the calories burned. This should only require basic daily activity. We do mini workouts everyday, it doesn’t take much to turn up the intensity and get those calories melting. That daily walk you take your dog on everyday? Turn it into a jog. Watching your favorite TV show? Stand up and start dropping some squats, double it as your workout period. Watching kids? Get them to join in and teach them while they’re young the importance of physical activity. It is so easy to get exercise in, it is only a matter of putting forth a little effort to do so. On the other hand some people may say no matter what efforts are made, America will continue in the same path. They think no matter what wake-up call we send, the response will be minor. It is not unrealistic to believe that we will be able to make a step in the right direction starting with obesity. All that needs to be done is trend setting. One important person sets an example and people will follow suit. All it takes is a couple good role model to set our nation in a chain reaction into the right direction. It's actually quite