Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is society’s fault. Obesity in general has nearly tripled since the 1970’s. Adverse side effects are a direct result of childhood obesity and/or being overweight. 1 in 5 children and teens in the United States has obesity or is borderline obese because of fast food advertisements, and socio-economic issues. Fast food from franchise restaurants and junk food from stores are much cheaper than organic vegetables or healthy foods in general. Childhood obesity has immediate and long-term detrimental ramifications on the health of the juvenile population such as heart disease, asthma, sleep apnea, early puberty, risk of stroke at an early age, diabetes, and high cholesterol leading to blood clots. Society allows …show more content…
“Childhood Overweight.” Childhood Overweight - The Obesity Society, May 2014, www.obesity.org/obesity/resources/facts-about-obesity/childhood-overweight
Society promotes unhealthy eating through advertising and it has caused a chain reaction to occur that includes “fat acceptance movements, fat anti discrimination groups, and less legislation when it comes to child endangerment laws when a child becomes overweight or borderline obese and is exhibiting unhealthy, self-destructive, and harmful behavior.
CDC. “Healthy Schools.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Jan. 2018,
Childhood obesity is also the fault of the internet because of the way that people push fat acceptance and unhealthy foods on social media, such as gluttonous pictures of sweets, cupcakes, and different flavors of chips. The media, food and beverage companies, and entertainment industries all influence the dietary and physical activity behaviors of children and adolescents. “Childhood Obesity Facts.” Obesity Facts, 29 Jan. 2018, …show more content…
Children are suffering for decisions made for and about them, when they themselves aren’t suited to act on their own actions and problems with food and a detrimental diet with a heavy surplus of calories.
Pica, Rae. “Who's Responsible for the Childhood Obesity Crisis?” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 27 Aug. 2016, www.huffingtonpost.com/rae-pica/whos-responsible-for-the-childhood-obesity-crisis_b_8045464.html.
Many people may argue that obesity isn’t primarily the fault of society and the media, but rather that of the parents who technically as caregivers are naturally responsible. They’d be partially correct about that had those people thought about the fast food ads and how they instill and create non-existent hunger on a small break, and how those same ads affect children’s deep collective consciousness.
“The State of Childhood Obesity.” The State of Childhood Obesity - The State of Obesity, 14 Aug. 2017,
Childhood obesity is society’s fault. Obesity in general has nearly tripled since the 1970’s. Adverse side effects are a direct result of childhood obesity and/or being overweight. 1 in 5 children and teens in the United States has obesity or is borderline obese because of fast food advertisements, and socio-economic issues. Fast food from franchise restaurants and junk food from stores are much cheaper than organic vegetables or healthy foods in general. Childhood obesity has immediate and long-term detrimental ramifications on the health of the juvenile population such as heart disease, asthma, sleep apnea, early puberty, risk of stroke at an early age, diabetes, and high cholesterol leading to blood clots. Society allows …show more content…
“Childhood Overweight.” Childhood Overweight - The Obesity Society, May 2014, www.obesity.org/obesity/resources/facts-about-obesity/childhood-overweight
Society promotes unhealthy eating through advertising and it has caused a chain reaction to occur that includes “fat acceptance movements, fat anti discrimination groups, and less legislation when it comes to child endangerment laws when a child becomes overweight or borderline obese and is exhibiting unhealthy, self-destructive, and harmful behavior.
CDC. “Healthy Schools.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 Jan. 2018,
Childhood obesity is also the fault of the internet because of the way that people push fat acceptance and unhealthy foods on social media, such as gluttonous pictures of sweets, cupcakes, and different flavors of chips. The media, food and beverage companies, and entertainment industries all influence the dietary and physical activity behaviors of children and adolescents. “Childhood Obesity Facts.” Obesity Facts, 29 Jan. 2018, …show more content…
Children are suffering for decisions made for and about them, when they themselves aren’t suited to act on their own actions and problems with food and a detrimental diet with a heavy surplus of calories.
Pica, Rae. “Who's Responsible for the Childhood Obesity Crisis?” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 27 Aug. 2016, www.huffingtonpost.com/rae-pica/whos-responsible-for-the-childhood-obesity-crisis_b_8045464.html.
Many people may argue that obesity isn’t primarily the fault of society and the media, but rather that of the parents who technically as caregivers are naturally responsible. They’d be partially correct about that had those people thought about the fast food ads and how they instill and create non-existent hunger on a small break, and how those same ads affect children’s deep collective consciousness.
“The State of Childhood Obesity.” The State of Childhood Obesity - The State of Obesity, 14 Aug. 2017,