Franklin D. Roosevelt's Role In Preventing Childhood Obesity

Franklin D Roosevelt's states “ We can't build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future” (p:1 Melinda Bossenmeyer Ed. D). He is suggesting that we can not make the future perfect, but however; we can prepare the youth for the future. Mr. Roosevelt saw a trend of events happening within children, called child obesity. Studies show that the U.S is growing, and about 1 out of 3 kids now considered obese (p:1 Mary L. Gavin). The obesity rate among children increased, according to the Center for disease control and prevention ( Diane Lynn). Almost 20% of children between the ages of 6 and 11 were obese, while 18.1% of children from age 12 to 19 were obese (Diane Lynn). The physical education may be reduced the number of people who struggle from obesity (Diane Lynn). How can we prevent child obesity? Well nothing provides more of a full experience and a complete full activity in something then school does (“school obesity prevention recommendations”). The real question is, How can we prevent child obesity in school? This question was asked in a survey and 80% of my fellow classmates said physical education (survey).This means schools have a great chance to tackle child obesity at a great time. If we make physical activities a requirement in schools. You can help prevent child obesity and attack the …show more content…
School should require the students to join a physical activity to keep the obesity percentage low.Children that struggle from obesity is likely to become obese in adulthood. Just like adults children might suffer the same symptoms. For example, they might suffer from depression, or diabetes at a very young age making it difficult to get involved with other physical