Each day, Americans are advised to eat healthy, drink 8 glasses of water, and exercise at least 1 hour a day. However, in reality, most Americans do not follow or practice these recommendations; instead, they focus their attention on work, school, and managing their busy schedules. As a result, they begin to exercise less, drink sugary beverages, and eat unhealthy fast food. All of which contribute to the growing problem of obesity throughout society. The problem of obesity is suddenly leading to obesity related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease, which are eventually affecting everyone. It is affecting both the citizens and the government by forcing them to waste more money on health insurance for these
…show more content…
Many of them are becoming independent for the first time, are focusing on school and partying, and don’t consider the consequences of unhealthy eating. However, they are the most likely of all age groups to fix this obesity epidemic by enforcing rules and regulations. They will have the most influence on their own generation and the future generations by first noticing the problems of society, and fixing people’s habits such as: the personal responsibility, the education kids and young adults receive about food, the education about different health programs, and the way the government regulates junk food to the benefit of the public.
As the problem of obesity continues to increase, the new generation needs to first recognize its problems, in order to fix them first. One of the biggest problems of the generations since the 70s is overeating, which is the consumption of many calories at once. Overeating can …show more content…
The change itself began after the 1970s, when society became more technologically dependent and many changes affected the way people ate, the food people ate, the way people exercised, how much people exercised, and the way family communicated. For instance, in the 1985, Coca Cola changed the main ingredient of sugar to processed corn syrup, which greatly affected the consumption and production of soda. It increased people’s desire to repetitively drink soda, without thinking of the accumulate calories and amount of sugar. The ingredient of corn from corn syrup, which has originated from has had a big impact on the economy of the United states and the world because it is in everything. Corn is “hamburger patties, french fries, soda, ketchup, fruit juice, yogurt, baked goods, milk, and bottles for water”, which is shown as a list of photos by the online article. Both corn and corn syrup played a big part in weight gain, but so has a decrease in exercise; since young adults are more focused on social media and the internet all of which contribute to this growing issue. However, it was not always like this, there was a time when teen and kids would play, walk from place to place, and would only have junk food from time to time. Families were also closer, they would eat together, and most of the food they ate
Many of them are becoming independent for the first time, are focusing on school and partying, and don’t consider the consequences of unhealthy eating. However, they are the most likely of all age groups to fix this obesity epidemic by enforcing rules and regulations. They will have the most influence on their own generation and the future generations by first noticing the problems of society, and fixing people’s habits such as: the personal responsibility, the education kids and young adults receive about food, the education about different health programs, and the way the government regulates junk food to the benefit of the public.
As the problem of obesity continues to increase, the new generation needs to first recognize its problems, in order to fix them first. One of the biggest problems of the generations since the 70s is overeating, which is the consumption of many calories at once. Overeating can …show more content…
The change itself began after the 1970s, when society became more technologically dependent and many changes affected the way people ate, the food people ate, the way people exercised, how much people exercised, and the way family communicated. For instance, in the 1985, Coca Cola changed the main ingredient of sugar to processed corn syrup, which greatly affected the consumption and production of soda. It increased people’s desire to repetitively drink soda, without thinking of the accumulate calories and amount of sugar. The ingredient of corn from corn syrup, which has originated from has had a big impact on the economy of the United states and the world because it is in everything. Corn is “hamburger patties, french fries, soda, ketchup, fruit juice, yogurt, baked goods, milk, and bottles for water”, which is shown as a list of photos by the online article. Both corn and corn syrup played a big part in weight gain, but so has a decrease in exercise; since young adults are more focused on social media and the internet all of which contribute to this growing issue. However, it was not always like this, there was a time when teen and kids would play, walk from place to place, and would only have junk food from time to time. Families were also closer, they would eat together, and most of the food they ate