Food habits in the U.S. have gone from bad to worse over the last decade and it 's only now starting to decrease in severity due to government intervention in school food programs, which is only providing a small punch to success. Only a small portion of success is being seen in these programs because of what children are eating out of school. Parents are becoming lax toward what children are doing. Allowing them sedentary hours using modern technologies such as TV, cellphones, and computers, as well as feeding them quick and easy fast food after a long day of work without the consideration that excess amounts of that food will cause health problems, and not teaching them about the harm that bad habits can cause to their physical and mental
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is the parents becoming more open to allowing their children to sit indoors on computers, phones, and couches to watch TV instead of keeping them in good health by setting physical goals to get out and play a sport or with friends. Instead of allowing laziness the parent could set certain times and how long the child can watch TV before they have to do something like take out the trash, clean the house, go out and play with some friends to get their body moving. Stated in the 'San Gabriel Valley Tribune ' "From American food to advanced technology, signs of laziness and unnatural aspects of life are starting to increase. One of the signs is obesity," (“San Gabriel Valley Tribune”). Which opens up that over the last few decades the social normality of being lazy has …show more content…
Each child who goes over the average limit of his or her weight holds risk for heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, gallbladder, gallstones, gout, asthma, and many more health problems. Over the years of 2011-2016 government and state officials have been trying to fight obesity through the school breakfast and lunch programs which have made lunches at school for paying members somewhat pricey allowing for increased free lunch rates throughout American schools with federal
is the parents becoming more open to allowing their children to sit indoors on computers, phones, and couches to watch TV instead of keeping them in good health by setting physical goals to get out and play a sport or with friends. Instead of allowing laziness the parent could set certain times and how long the child can watch TV before they have to do something like take out the trash, clean the house, go out and play with some friends to get their body moving. Stated in the 'San Gabriel Valley Tribune ' "From American food to advanced technology, signs of laziness and unnatural aspects of life are starting to increase. One of the signs is obesity," (“San Gabriel Valley Tribune”). Which opens up that over the last few decades the social normality of being lazy has …show more content…
Each child who goes over the average limit of his or her weight holds risk for heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, gallbladder, gallstones, gout, asthma, and many more health problems. Over the years of 2011-2016 government and state officials have been trying to fight obesity through the school breakfast and lunch programs which have made lunches at school for paying members somewhat pricey allowing for increased free lunch rates throughout American schools with federal