This nation is facing a health epidemic that wasn't around a decade ago. The amount of money this country spends on hospital bills alone should be able to pay off the entirety of the national debt.Nowadays children are facing diseases which are caused by the excessive consumption of food, but mainly unhealthy food. If the situation was just natural healthy food being offered to children we wouldn't have an issue, but since it's manufactured over processed junk that is promoted to children as "the best thing" in the world it's a problem.
Since there is a national epidemic of obese children the first lady, Michelle Obama, has taken it upon herself to change the way our children eat. One of her first initiatives was to change the food offered …show more content…
Sometimes kids get the message that getting fit will be the best investment of their lives, but most just want to sit with their laptops and I-phones playing games. A great way to make it fun is by incorporating their favorite television show or song with the activity, for example every time their television show goes to commercial get the child to get up and be active until the show returns. Even though i go to school combined with after school activities i still make time to get up and be active. In my school all students have to take the stairs to travel the three flights to get to class, with the exception of the injured. Getting active during school doesn’t have to just end at gym class, during class i get up for ten minutes and walk around the class. I feel like the constant sitting isn’t good for my posture or health so i make the excuse of going to the restroom when really i just want to stretch my legs. In today's day and age we as a society have accepted that the average weight for a 5’4 woman is 140-150 pounds, compared to a decade ago where she would have a weight of 120 lbs. In conclusion our nation is taking a turn for the probable worst so as the future of this country we should support movements that are making it their mission for children to stop this
Since there is a national epidemic of obese children the first lady, Michelle Obama, has taken it upon herself to change the way our children eat. One of her first initiatives was to change the food offered …show more content…
Sometimes kids get the message that getting fit will be the best investment of their lives, but most just want to sit with their laptops and I-phones playing games. A great way to make it fun is by incorporating their favorite television show or song with the activity, for example every time their television show goes to commercial get the child to get up and be active until the show returns. Even though i go to school combined with after school activities i still make time to get up and be active. In my school all students have to take the stairs to travel the three flights to get to class, with the exception of the injured. Getting active during school doesn’t have to just end at gym class, during class i get up for ten minutes and walk around the class. I feel like the constant sitting isn’t good for my posture or health so i make the excuse of going to the restroom when really i just want to stretch my legs. In today's day and age we as a society have accepted that the average weight for a 5’4 woman is 140-150 pounds, compared to a decade ago where she would have a weight of 120 lbs. In conclusion our nation is taking a turn for the probable worst so as the future of this country we should support movements that are making it their mission for children to stop this