Obesity In America

Obesity is a problem is the United States that mostly affects kids, teenagers, and adults. Parents have a huge impact on obesity because their children follow their footsteps. One of the impacts that parents make are choosing how much and what type of food that their children eat. Obesity can cause many serious health problems, so it is very important to monitor the causes of obesity. Obesity is a growing problem in the United States of America; obesity in America is caused by eating fast unhealthy foods, not exercising regularly, and high prices of healthy foods. This generation is the busiest generation yet, so this affects our nation’s obesity is a negative way. With all of the activities in which people are involved, many do not have time to sit together as a family and eat a healthy home cooked meal. Not having time for family supper often times means that fast food is the answer to the question “What’s for supper?” Some fast foods are genetically modified, so these restaurants do not have many healthy options on their menu. Driving thru a restaurant is much quicker than cooking a meal at home or sitting down in a higher quality restaurant. Most times the quickest option is also the low quality option as well. Low quality fast-foods are one main reason the obesity rate is continuing to rise. …show more content…
Children always want the latest game or gaming system, so when either one is received the children are consumed in the game until the next best game comes out. Children sit in a desk all day at school and most adults sit in an office having to eat whatever they please. Children come home from school to sit in front of the television often times with a snack in hand. Most snacks are considered “junk food,” so if children do not exercise then the calories they consume are never being burned sometimes resulting in