How To Be Diet Persuasive Essay

Throughout the past decade, it seems as if the word "diet" has become such a natural part of our vocabulary, that we do not see it as we once did before. The word diet had negative connotations, and I 'm not saying it should still have them, but a diet shouldn 't be something we should be going on regularly. There are various reasons to why we become overweight, either it is genetic, a physical injury has occurred, or we just cannot accommodate our lifestyles to remain healthy. It seems as if the amount of emphasis that has been put on our health and fitness as a generation has been left behind the other advances and upgrades we have made to our society. The "next generation" is what we as a society in the united states pride ourselves in. In any way we can influence our children, or students to …show more content…
Where is this now? Where have our standards gone? We have given up the biggest fight, our own battle. We are losing what 's most important in life, our health. It has become a social and physical epidemic in our society to be unhealthy. I understand that it can be hard to fund school programs that aren 't going to give our next generation a leg up financially, but we are making a choice between being smart and rich or being healthy and living, we can find a balance in this "hectic system.” I recently interviewed a certified professional who is currently a Physical Education teacher in the Pasco School District. I asked Mrs. Chavez a number of questions, one being if she believed that the importance of physical health and nutrition for students has declined? "Yes, it definitely has. The state keeps trying to cut the programs out of the schools. Students in elementary school usually only get PE once a week for 30-45 minutes which is not enough activity time to be healthy. The requirement to be healthy is 30-60 minutes at least 5 times a day and most kids in America are not getting that. Schools have also cut our recess time and there for